Migrants Navigate Relocation, Asylum, Urban Life

The articles portray migration as a choice shaped by livelihood, safety and the demands of urban life. On Indonesia’s Rempang Island, relocated residents received homes and plots in a new settlement, but one resident is still waiting for promised plantation land and is trying to build an income from his home garden. In Spain’s Ceuta, migrants describe fleeing hardship, conflict or persecution, while some allege that Spanish soldiers abused them; prosecutors are investigating reports of mistreatment. A Mumbai column focuses on the migrant workers who sustain the city and the crowded, exhausting routines shaped by long commutes and limited living space.