Stories of Origin

In the concluding instalment of our four-part reporting from the Philippines, we look at what it takes to make the 'world-class' worker and the price of loneliness paid by those who leave and those who are left behind.

While most workers choose to stay and endure the hardships, one voice of reason points out that nothing is worth putting up with abuse. In the third report from the Philippines, we speak to the women who rebelled in the ways they knew how.

In the second of a four-part report, we go to the provincial areas of Negros Occidental, where everyone believes the problem lies elsewhere.

In the first of a four-part report from the Philippines, we spend time in two critical places where decisions are made. The offices of the overseas employment administration and recruitment agents. There's a very fine line that separates the two, in both tone and intent.

In the first of a four-part series, Stories of Origin studies the environment from which Ethiopians are forced to migrate, while disregarding bans and words of caution.

In the concluding part of our four-part series, we look at the psychological impact of failed migration and the new regulation on which Ethiopia hedges its bets.

Some have returned and some have families fretting over their well being. In the third instalment of a four-part series, we look at the stories the returnees and families tell, and the stories that remain untold – from unplanned pregnancies to unmet dreams.

In the second of the four-part series, we explore the environment of desperation and speak to women who are eager to leave Ethiopia, ban or no ban. They see migration as an escape, disregarding what they are escaping to.