Malaysia
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Palawan and Sabah in the oil palm frontier: undocumented Filipino migrant workers and the social reproduction of labour
CASAS’ member Carlo John B. Arceo has published with Diana Peters this article in The Journal of Peasant Studies. Abstract: This article analyses the social reproduction of undocumented migrant workers within a stringent labour regime in an enclosed Malaysian oil palm plantation. It illustrates how capital and institutions tolerate irregular migration, creating an intergenerational labour…
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Turn the Tide – Filipino Oil Palm Migrant Workers in Sabah
CASAS’ member Carlo Arceo has created a short animation based on his doctoral project. Abstract: The research explores the intersection of agrarian squeeze, irregular migration, and labor and border regimes in two agrarian frontiers in Southeast Asia. The animation follows the journey of a six-member migrant household from Palawan, Philippines, who irregularly cross the maritime…
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Rethinking exploitation and control in migrant labour regimes: The case of Filipino workers in a Malaysian oil palm plantation
CASAS’ member Carlo Arceo has published this article with Caroline Hambloch & Helena Pérez Niño in Agriculture and Human Values. Abstract: The expansion of oil palm farming in Southeast Asia has been premised on the mobilisation of both internal and transborder migrant labour. This paper examines labour relations on an oil palm plantation in Sabah,…