{"id":2114,"date":"2018-01-05T13:24:59","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T13:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=2114"},"modified":"2018-01-05T13:24:59","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T13:24:59","slug":"life-is-cruel-here-stories-from-forced-migrants-in-chittagong-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2018\/01\/05\/life-is-cruel-here-stories-from-forced-migrants-in-chittagong-bangladesh\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Life is cruel here&#8221; Stories from forced migrants in Chittagong, Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kulima.exposure.co\/life-is-cruel-here\">&#8220;Life is cruel here&#8221; Stories from\u00a0forced migrants in Chittagong, Bangladesh<\/a>, has now been published. The story is based on experiences of migrants told to the DECCMA Bangladesh research team as they were undertaking surveys of migrants in receiving areas.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2117\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2117\" data-attachment-id=\"2117\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2018\/01\/05\/life-is-cruel-here-stories-from-forced-migrants-in-chittagong-bangladesh\/migrant-houses-in-chittagong\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/migrant-houses-in-Chittagong.jpg?fit=351%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"351,255\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SM-T116NU&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1501418555&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;2.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00079176563737134&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"migrant houses in Chittagong\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Migrant houses in Chittagong&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/migrant-houses-in-Chittagong.jpg?fit=351%2C255&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-2117 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/migrant-houses-in-Chittagong.jpg?resize=300%2C218\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/migrant-houses-in-Chittagong.jpg?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/migrant-houses-in-Chittagong.jpg?resize=303%2C220&amp;ssl=1 303w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2018\/01\/migrant-houses-in-Chittagong.jpg?w=351&amp;ssl=1 351w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Migrant houses in Chittagong (photo: Prodip Das)<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Life is cruel here&#8221; Stories from\u00a0forced migrants in Chittagong, Bangladesh, has now been published. The story is based on experiences of migrants told to the DECCMA Bangladesh research team as they were undertaking surveys of migrants in receiving areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2570,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,17,39,5,18,45,36],"tags":[75,60,68,73,72,66,74],"class_list":["post-2114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bangladesh","category-delta","category-feature","category-from-the-countries","category-gbm-bangladesh","category-news","category-team","tag-asia","tag-bangladesh","tag-delta","tag-forced-migrant","tag-migrant","tag-migration","tag-urban-slum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jyTh-y6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2098,"url":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2017\/12\/18\/prizegiving-for-the-enumerators-of-bangladeshs-1500-household-survey\/","url_meta":{"origin":2114,"position":0},"title":"Prizegiving for the enumerators of Bangladesh&#8217;s 1500 household survey","author":"katharinevincent","date":"18th December 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Certificates were awarded to 18 young researchers who acted as enumerators in DECCMA's survey of migration and adaptation in 1500 households in Dhaka and Chittagong - two of the most influential cities in Bangladesh and the destination of many migrants. 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