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Assessing Transcontinental Sub-Saharan African Migration and Displacement

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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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Migrants, Diasporas and Sustainable Development – An Intertwined Story

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A panel discussion on the Objective 19 of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) was jointly organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), and Civil Society Action Committee (CSAC), on 2nd February 2020, with the aim of enabling dialogue on 

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Military coup in Myanmar: a further burden for the Rohingya?

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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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Assessing Structural Opportunities for Labour Migrants in Wroclaw, Poland

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“…heard all sorts of deterrents to get professional jobs from my friends (sic). They range from language fluency, educational and cultural mismatch. However, I have not seen such deterrence in my place. Ehh ehh…in fact, am not defending my workplace. I do not know about others, but my workplace is welcoming but…ehh…sometimes, I have seen

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National and International Responses to Readmission and Reintegration of International Migrants

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This piece summarizes and validates a webinar that focused on the Global Compact of Migration’s (GCM) Objective 21: “cooperating in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration of migrants”. The webinar was facilitated by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Cross-Regional Center

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“Living Undocumented”: A docuseries to better understand the hidden lives of undocumented migrants in the United States

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“[…] I want you to imagine trying to sleep every night, only to find yourself lying awake for hours because you can’t sleep. That worry will end you, and it will try to break you. You can watch a documentary, you can say ‘well this is too bad’, but at the end of the day

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Diasporic multiple citizenships through extraterritorial networking

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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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Broader and Nuanced Approach Needed for Emphasizing Positive Aspects of Migration

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A panel discussion on GCM Objective 17, which aims at eliminating all forms of discrimination and promoting evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration, was held on 19th January 2021. The event was jointly organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Cross Regional Center for Refugees

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Recognition of Skills: Just a Piece of Paper or Life-Changing Opportunity?

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A panel discussion on the Objective 18 of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM), ‘Invest in Skills Development and Facilitate Mutual Recognition of Skills, Qualifications, and Competences’, was jointly organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), and Civil Society Action Committee

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