Care and control of mobile labour in the Mekong region

Care and control of mobile labour in the Mekong region

A MoLab Conversation with Sverre Molland and Biao Xiang


Care and control of mobile labour in the Mekong region

The COVID-19 pandemic set back some progressive measures offered to migrant workers in the Mekong Delta; for instance, the relatively open access to medical care available regardless of legal status, and the region-wide coordination to improve migration regulation and migrant protection. During the pandemic, some migrants were left uncontrolled and uncared for. In this instalment, Sverre Molland and Biao Xiang review the complex impacts of the pandemic on migrants and probe how migration programmes can be made more resilient.

 

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