Blogs and videos

On the sidelines of the Crisis Preparedness Forum, the RSO sat down with Iori Kato, IOM Regional Director for Asia and the Pacific, to hear his thoughts on the importance of crisis preparedness, and how government officials and practitioners can strengthen preparedness and coordinated responses to emergency irregular migration situations linked to natural and humanitarian hazards.

The RSO Alumni Network supports continued engagement with colleagues working across policy development, law enforcement and border immigration who have taken part in RSO training and activities, providing a space for ongoing networking opportunities, peer-to-peer learning and collaboration, and leadership development. Learn more in this introductory video.

From December 1–5, Bali Process Members, Observers, and partners gathered in Manila for the annual meetings of the Trafficking in Persons Working Group (WG-TIP) and the Technical Experts Group on Returns and Reintegration (TEG-RR). The meetings brought together members, observers, and partners to strengthen regional cooperation, share emerging trends, and advance practical, people-centred responses to trafficking in persons, cyber-enabled exploitation, and sustainable return and reintegration across the Bali Process region.

A recording of the private sector session of the RSO's Zoom Webinar Series on New Frontiers: Generative AI and Human Trafficking.

A recording of the NGOs, Academia & Civil Society session of the RSO's Zoom Webinar Series on New Frontiers: Generative AI and Human Trafficking.

The RSO worked with multimedia artist Fairuz Sulaiman, and an individual who shared their firsthand experiences of navigating forced displacement through irregular migration channels, which included procuring the services of people smugglers.

The Regional Support Office of the Bali Process (RSO) convened government representatives, law enforcement officers, civil society partners, and regional stakeholders in Jakarta for a week-long series of activities through the RSO Member State Spotlight: Indonesia.

The RSO worked together with multimedia artist Fairuz Sulamain, and Kanteera Techaphattanaku, to tell the story of Kanteera’s firsthand experiences of statelessness through a narrative and visual performance at the 2025 RSO Members' Engagement Function in Bangkok.

The RSO worked with Thailand-based sand artist Kongkait Kongchandee and A21 – a non-profit organisation dedicated to combating human trafficking and modern-day slavery, and an individual with a lived experience from being trafficked into an online scam centre to develop this short sand art performance.