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May 17, 2024 | superdiversity.net | Seb Rumsby

By Seb RumsbyIOM World Migration Report 2024 found that international remittances had increased 650% from $128bn to $831bn between 2000 and 2022. This growth continued contrary to predictions that remittances would drop dramatically during COVID-19. Remittance figures now outnumbers foreign direct investment in developing nations for the first time, highlighting the critical importance of labour migration in today’s global economic system.

May 9, 2024 | tolerance.ca | Seb Rumsby

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May 9, 2024 | theconversation.com | Seb Rumsby

More than 200 mostly young people gathered outside the Vietnamese embassy in London to protest against Vietnam’s ruling communist party, demanding the release of all prisoners of conscience and to call for democratic reforms. What was interesting about this protest, that I attended in December 2023, was the age of the protesters. They were mostly young people who grew up in Vietnam, and this was the first protest many had ever participated in, having only left the country a few years ago.

May 6, 2024 | msn.com | Sen Nguyen |Seb Rumsby

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May 6, 2024 | aljazeera.com | Sen Nguyen |Seb Rumsby

Over the past 10 years, a growing number of Vietnamese people have been migrating to Europe with hopes of a better life. This has taken place largely under the radar, but in 2019 the horrific Essex 39 tragedy in the United Kingdom, where 39 Vietnamese bodies were found in the back of a lorry, drew global attention to the trend.