Entry from Vietnamese author grabs prize at 2023 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

In its ninth edition, the ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration aims to promote quality reporting on labour migration issues, including forced labour, because balanced and ethical reporting play an important role in addressing stereotypes and misconception, as well as highlighting the positive contribution migrant workers make in their origin and destination countries.

This isn't simply a competition. This opportunity has helped me understand that migration is a vantage point, (though not the only) to view how systems are conducted, and sadly, often times, how some groups are systematically ostracized but also privileged others. The business of migration shouldn't be taken lightly as a casual beat. It should be scrutinized with journalists' utmost focus, not just during election seasons or when a seismic event takes place like the Essex 39 tragedy.

Sen Nguyễn - Winner of the 2023 ILO Global Media Competition on Labour Migration

Sen Nguyen's winning story was originally published on Al Jazeera on 20 July 2023. Read the full story at: Risk, rewards and remittances in Vietnam's Nghe An province

© Sen Nguyen

© Sen Nguyen