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Skill Development Tool or Trade for Safe Migration: The Case of Bangladeshi Emigrants

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Author: * K.Ranju Rangan 1.1       Introduction   This article examines an essential dimension of globalisation: labour migration between emerging economies and skill development roles, which has not gained sufficient reportage. Migration of skilled workers from developed countries is a persistent trend, and governments need to respond to and benefit from this migration in both sending and […]

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Migrant Smuggling: Can Pursuit of Good Life be Criminalized?

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A panel discussion was jointly organized by Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants [CCRM], Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], and Civil Society Action Committee (CSAC) on the topic “GCM Objective 9:Strengthen the Transnational Response to Smuggling of Migrants”, on 27thOctober 2020. The session was chaired by Mr. William Gois, Regional Co-ordinator, Migrant Forum in

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reverses Gains in Human Trafficking Eradication

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During the international online conference ‘Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges,’ jointly organized by Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) and Center for Research on North America (CISAN), from 2nd to 5th November, 2020, the first plenary session witnessed a wrenching discussion on Human Trafficking. Specifically, moderator Paddy Siyanga Knudsen, a senior

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Signifying human rights protection of the migrants in various spheres

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An international E-Conference on ‘Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges’ was jointly organized by Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) and Center for Research on North America (CISAN), from 2nd to 5th November, 2020. The conference was successfully kicked off with an inaugural session where the participants had the chance to listen

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Redefining Diasporic Identity

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The 3rd Day of the International Conference Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges jointly organised by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), New Delhi, India, Centre for Research on North America (CISAN), UNAM, Mexico, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), Manila, Philippines held on 4th November 2010. The Parallel

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Global Examples of Diaspora Engagement

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The International E-Conference on ‘Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges’, jointly organized by the Migrant Forum in Asia(MFA), the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) and theCenter for Research on North America (CISAN), was organised from November 2 to November 5, 2020. The second plenary session of the event

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Migration and Diasporas: Current Trends and Global Complexities

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The International E-Conference on ‘Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges’, jointly organized by the Migrant Forum in Asia(MFA), the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) and theCenter for Research on North America (CISAN), was inaugurated on November 2nd, 2020. The inauguration of the event took place on November 2nd,

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The Unheard Voices of Missing Migrants

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A panel discussion on the Objective 8 of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM),‘Save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants’, was jointly organized by  Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA),Cross-Regional Centre for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM) and Civil Society Action Committee (CSAC), on 20th October

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“Migrant Workers: Human not commodity”, Says Patrick Taran.

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Mr. Patrick Taran was one of the key panelists during the virtual panel discussion held on GCM(Global Compact for Migration ) Objective 6: “Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work”. This event was hosted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], Migrant Forum in Asia, Cross-Regional Centre for Refugees

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