Migrants

The economic and human burden of displaced Syrians in Lebanon has become unbearable. The government is trying to do its utmost to identify and repatriate some two million refugees, knowing that their presence risks altering the country’s ethno-demographic balance. Yet, the prospect of return is opposed by Syrians who fled Assad and do not believe in his reassurances.

With pandemic restrictions lifted, undocumented Thai migrants are back in South Korea, the result of a tight labour market under a legal regime that limits immigration and favours illegality and abuses.