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Indian Diaspora is helping students to cope up the Pandemic: Manish Gupta

On July 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT). [GRFDT], on the topic, ‘The Role of Diplomatic Missions in Assisting Migrants during and beyond COVID-19’. Manish Gupta is a diplomat and a member of the Indian Foreign Service since 1998 and has a vast experience in dealing […]

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There is an Absence of international and regional cooperation: Ambassador Nahida Sobhan

On 14 July 2020, a panel discussion was jointly organized by Jointly Organized by Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Manila, Philippines, Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), New Delhi, India  and Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), Beirut, Lebanon. Ambassador Nahida Sobhan who is the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Jordan, and

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Bilateral Agreement need to focus on human rights of workers in Gulf Countries: Bijulal, M.V.

Speaking in a webinar on 30 September 2020 on the topic “Migrants Rights in the Time of Predatory Developmentalism” which is a part of a webinar series titled “Transitions in International Migrants’ Rights Governance: Towards Inclusive and Rights Based Public Policy” organized by Centre for West Asian Studies, School of International Relations and Politics (SIRP)

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The Most and the Least Affected Sectors with Migrant Workers

On the 4th of August, the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism hold a webinar on the topic: High Skilled Migration during and post COVID-19, Perspectives from Latin America and Asia. Andrés Solimano, a lecturer at the Latin American Centre of Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and founder, the International Centre for

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Indian Migrant Workers Stacked Abroad Why Doesn’t Indian Government Help?

R.K. Radhakrishnan is an Associate Editor at India’s national magazine Frontline, who focuses on migrant worker labour issues. He joined the online webinar organized by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, which took place on the 23rd of June 2020.According to his observations, there exist two narratives regarding migrants in media: one concerning

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COVID-19 has made Nepal think over strategies to bring back Nepali workers from Gulf Countries : Ganesh Gurung

On 27th May, 2020, Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism organised a panel discussion on “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19” seeing the vast number of international migrants stuck in the Gulf region due to the sudden onset of coronavirus. Dr Ganesh Gurung from the Nepal institute of Development studies gave us a

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Filipino Migrants Refuse to Return Amidst COVID- 19 Pandemic: Froilan Malit Jr

On 27 May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT]  on the topic, “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19” seeing the vast number of international migrants stuck in the Gulf region. Mr FroilanMalit Jr, from the University of Cambridge, UK discussed on how migration mobility will

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COVID-19 has led to contraction in the remittance inflows in Sri Lanka: Bilesha Weeraratne

On 27th May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT] on the topic “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19”. Dr. BileshaWeeraratneis a research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka. She focused on the issue of gulf migrants from Sri Lanka and pointed

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Governments should turn their attention towards the issues of return migration, rehabilitation and re-migration: Irudaya Rajan

An International panel discussion titled “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19” organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism on 27th May, 2020 focused on the issues the migrant workers in Gulf countries are facing during COVID-19. One of the eminent panelists, Prof. Irudaya Rajan, Centre for Development Studies who has been researching

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