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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. In a discussion that spanned continents, experts from various […]

Prof. Rajan started his talk by stating that COVID-19 is a health crisis, which has been converted into a migrant crisis. “COVID-19, secondly is non-discriminatory, it has no bias”, however, the policies and approach of the government is discriminatory. Policies like imposing the lockdown brought about inequalities suffered by people, as the conditions during the

Day 3 of the webinar started with the keynote address byDr.Parivelan K.M. who is the chairperson and associate professor, Centre for Statelessness and Refugee Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai on the topic “Forced Migration and Refugee Protection Challenges Amid COVID-19”. He started the presentation with a very important note that it is

A panel discussion was conducted on 18th August 2020 by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism & The Center for Research on North America (CISAN), UNAM on the topic “Student Migration during and post COVID 19: Latin America and Asia”. As an eminent panellist, Prof. María Amelia Viteri from Universidad San Francisco de Quito

An international webinar on the topic “MIGRANTS AND DISPLACED PERSONS AMID COVID-19: ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND POLICY OPTION” was organized by the Centre for Indian Diaspora Studies (CIDS), School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala in collaboration with Department of Social Sciences, FLAME University, Pune, Maharashtra and Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], New Delhi from 15th October 2020