The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted remittance flows. Remittances are money or goods sent by migrants back to families and friends in their home country, and the strongest link between migration and development. In April of 2020, the World Bank predicted a drop of approximately 20% in remittance flows globally traceable to the pandemic, shutdowns, […]
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Since the beginning of human history and due to a huge variety of reasons, people have always been moving from one place to another looking for better living conditions or, sadly, just to survive. Indeed, for a long time, many tribal populations remained substantially nomadic or, more generally, mobile because their lives were inextricably linked
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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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In January 2019, the Migration Protection Protocol also known as MPP started to operate on the border between Mexico and the United States of America. Under the MPP program, individuals arriving in the United States of America are given an immigration court date. However, while waiting for that court date they have to remain in
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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
On the 9th of February 2021, Global Research Forum on Diaspora Transnationalism [GRFDT], Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants [CCRM], Migrant Forum in Asia [MFA], and the Civil Society Action Committee [CSAC] jointly organized a virtual panel discussion on the GCM Objective 20: Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion
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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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