An annual catch up with Mr. Bed Kumar is a lesson in humility and a masterclass on Nepalese migration in Malaysia.

Migration is not about the h-index rather the humanity of the stories migrant community organising legends share in their struggle for rights and equity, as they build at home through remittances in the midst of political turmoil back home.

Let the research evidence be channelised in to good policy at various national and corridor scales.