full report here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MMN collaborative research publication, \u201cSurviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants\u201d provides an in-depth analysis of the individual decisions migrants make to cope with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on their livelihoods, physical and mental health. Based on qualitative interviews with migrant workers from Cambodia and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20120,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,170,121,106,108,159,162,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-burmese-publications","category-covid","category-english-publications","category-mmn-updates","category-publications","category-roles-of-countries-of-origin-phase-iii","category-social-protection-publications-by-theme","category-thai-publications","entry","has-media"],"yoast_head":"\n
Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants < Mekong Migration Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants < Mekong Migration Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"MMN collaborative research publication, \u201cSurviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants\u201d provides an in-depth analysis of the individual decisions migrants make to cope with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on their livelihoods, physical and mental health. Based on qualitative interviews with migrant workers from Cambodia and […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mekong Migration Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-19T10:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-13T09:12:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1233\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1752\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0cefdcf03772f1364a65e553a6dcc810\"},\"headline\":\"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-19T10:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-13T09:12:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119\"},\"wordCount\":161,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Burmese Publications\",\"Covid\",\"English Publications\",\"MMN Updates\",\"Publications\",\"Roles of Countries of Origin Phase III\",\"Social Protection\",\"Thai Publications\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119\",\"name\":\"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants < Mekong Migration Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-11-19T10:10:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-13T09:12:09+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg\",\"width\":1233,\"height\":1752},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/\",\"name\":\"Mekong Migration Network\",\"description\":\"Recognize, Respect and Promote the Human Rights of All Migrants in Mekong\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Mekong Migration Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cropped-LogoMakr_5b8bO5-3.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cropped-LogoMakr_5b8bO5-3.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":101,\"caption\":\"Mekong Migration Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0cefdcf03772f1364a65e553a6dcc810\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2fdb28113a470f31d6200a30f9e8c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2fdb28113a470f31d6200a30f9e8c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants < Mekong Migration Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants < Mekong Migration Network","og_description":"MMN collaborative research publication, \u201cSurviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants\u201d provides an in-depth analysis of the individual decisions migrants make to cope with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on their livelihoods, physical and mental health. Based on qualitative interviews with migrant workers from Cambodia and […]","og_url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119","og_site_name":"Mekong Migration Network","article_published_time":"2021-11-19T10:10:49+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-13T09:12:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1233,"height":1752,"url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0cefdcf03772f1364a65e553a6dcc810"},"headline":"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants","datePublished":"2021-11-19T10:10:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-13T09:12:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119"},"wordCount":161,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg","articleSection":["Burmese Publications","Covid","English Publications","MMN Updates","Publications","Roles of Countries of Origin Phase III","Social Protection","Thai Publications"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119","url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119","name":"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants < Mekong Migration Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg","datePublished":"2021-11-19T10:10:49+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-13T09:12:09+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic.jpg","width":1233,"height":1752},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?p=20119#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Surviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/","name":"Mekong Migration Network","description":"Recognize, Respect and Promote the Human Rights of All Migrants in Mekong","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#organization","name":"Mekong Migration Network","url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cropped-LogoMakr_5b8bO5-3.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cropped-LogoMakr_5b8bO5-3.png","width":600,"height":101,"caption":"Mekong Migration Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0cefdcf03772f1364a65e553a6dcc810","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2fdb28113a470f31d6200a30f9e8c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7a2fdb28113a470f31d6200a30f9e8c1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"url":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20119"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20980,"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20119\/revisions\/20980"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/mekongmigration.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Book-Cover_Report-Surviving-the-Pandemic-211x300.jpg\")
MMN collaborative research publication, \u201cSurviving the Pandemic: To Stay or Go? A Study into the Decision-making of Mekong Migrants\u201d provides an in-depth analysis of the individual decisions migrants make to cope with the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on their livelihoods, physical and mental health. Based on qualitative interviews with migrant workers from Cambodia and Myanmar in Thailand and recent returnees of those nationalities, supplemented by key informant interviews, the study examines what factors, shaped (or influenced) their decisions to either remain in Thailand or return to countries of origin. It provides a textured account of the decisions made by migrants already in precarious positions as they weathered the wave of redundancies and border closures, along with thoughts on how migrant decision-making can inform policy as we move through the pandemic era.<\/p>\n