Introduction According to Anderson (2006, p 6), “a nation is imagined when each member does not know most of their fellow community members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion”. This also seems to have happened among the Ethiopian diaspora communities and their […]
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Six GCC Countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE) have reported the death of more than 33 thousand Indian workers since 2016. Among these countries, the highest number of casualty has been reported in Saudi Arabia, with 14229 workers. United Arab Emirates (UAE) has declared the death of 9769, followed by Kuwait (3812),
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A Brief History of US-Mexico Relations Mexican-American relations have always been tumultuous. Political, social and economic tensions centered around labor, migration and the rights and treatment of citizens and companies led at times to the deployment of troops and violent clashes in the region. It will be demonstrated that measures regarding cross border movement have
The government of the State of Kuwait and the Government of the Republic of India has established a Joint Commission to enhance and deepen fraternity and friendship ties and support ways of cooperation in all fields in service of the common objectives of both countries. The Joint Commission will be charged with formulating the required
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Nigeria is located on the western coast of Africa. It is the most populous country in Africa and consists of 36 states plus Abuja, the Federal capital city of the country. Nigeria is known for large deposits of petroleum and natural gas and has numerous natural resources. It has a huge youth population amounting to
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Introduction The following is an assessment of the major push factors of migration in the Caribbean countries. I also discuss the positive and negative effects of emigration on the home countries while making recommendations to all the stakeholders to address the situation at local, national, and international levels. Ultimately, I seek to provide readers a
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This piece profiles and discusses internal displacement as well as transcontinental migration among Sub-Saharan African migrants to the European Union and the Middle Eastern Countries. It is reported that the overall human movement, displacement, and migration among the migrants of Sub-Saharan countries appears to be caused by the combined effect of natural disasters or human-made
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Throughout its history, Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has struggled with repressive military rule, years of isolationist and socialist economic policies, widespread poverty, and civil war with ethnic and religious minority groups. Therefore, the country presents and recognizes more than one hundred different ethnic groups. However, if on the one hand, the majority of them
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This piece is written to summarize the basic arguments and findings of an academic article by Glick Schiller (2017), titled “Transborder citizenship: An outcome of legal pluralism within transnational social fields”. I decided to review this paper for a couple of reasons. First, this article is related to my thesis work which is about the
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* Author: Dr. K Ranju Introduction GCC migrants’ children, born in GCC Countries and migrated, are very much like domesticated parrots. Weakened health networks and disturbed health services have a direct impact on the well-being of children and young people, on parents’ work and income reductions, disrupted entry to education and limits on transport and
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