Destination Australia The Australian Burau of Statistics (ABS) released on 28 April 2020 mentioned that for the year ending 30 June 2019: There were over 7.5 million migrants living in Australia. 29.7% of Australia’s population were born overseas. Australia’s population increased by 239,600 people due to net overseas migration. The statistics figure mentioned that Out […]
Mr. Rafeek Ravuther, the director of Center for Indian Migrants Studies (CIMS), India, discussed the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers and policy responses to the pandemic, in the virtual panel discussion held on the topic ‘Migration Management During COVID-19: Best Practices from Latin America, Africa and Asia’, hosted by the Global Research Forum
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Ms. Amanda Bisong is the policy officer at the European Centre for Development Policy Management ( ECDPM ), Netherlands, and a PhD scholar on the topic of Regional Migration Governance (with focus on West Africa) at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka. Ms. Bisong spoke of the COVID-19 response strategies in West
Brazil has the second highest death after USA in COVID 19 as of October second week. This has resulted in unprecedented challenge for Brazil. Though Brazil has one of the better healthcare systems in South America, its healthcare management did not respond well to the rural areas. Quoting the Maple croft’s report Business insider says
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28th July, 2020 Melbourne, Australia Mr. Amantha Perera, an independent journalist based in Colombo, Sri Lanka and currently pursuing post-graduate research on online trauma threats faced by journalists at CQUniveristy in Melbourne, discussed about the impact of COVID-19 on Sri Lankan economy and migrant workers in a virtual panel discussion held on the topic “Migration
28 July2020 Italy Dr. Leiza Brumat, an international relations analyst who is currently Research Fellow in the MIGPROSP project at Migration Policy Centre, RSCAS, EUI, discussed the political responses to COVID-19 and their effects on mobility in South America during the virtual panel discussion on the topic ‘Migration Management during COVID-19: Practices from Latin America,
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Africa, 7th July, 2020 On 7th July 2020, a panel discussion was jointly conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), and Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM),on the topic, “Global and Regional Migration Governance During COVID-19 Pandemic”. Charles Obila is a Migration Officer at IGAD Secretariat,currently
Challenges of African Migrants in the COVID-19 World: Charles Obila. Read More »
New Delhi, 7th July, 2020 Migration and the governance related to it has been a bone of contention for quite some time in world politics. The current pandemic has now intensified the discussions related to the institutions and the policies that are in place and also those which are in the process of being implemented.
Philippines, 7th July 2020. A panel discussion was jointly conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), on the topic ‘Global and Regional Migration Governance During COVID- 19’ seeing the rapid changing dynamics of migration governance across the world.
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Bangladesh, 7th July 2020. A panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT],Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM) on the topic, “Global and Regional Migration Governance During COVID 19 Pandemic”seeing the multitude of problems arising post the global pandemic. Mr ShahidulHaque, Former
Urgent Need for a People Centric Global Migration Order :Mr Shahidul Haque Read More »
