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IOM, Migrant Forum in Asia Join Forces to Promote Ethical Recruitment and Protect Migrant Workers

Geneva – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) are joining efforts to combat the unethical recruitment and exploitation of migrant workers. The two organizations today (01 Oct) signed a global Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to promote cooperation, exchange of information and mutual assistance in relation to ethical recruitment and migrant […]

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Student Migration during and post-COVID 19: Perspective from Latin America and Asia

As the pandemic continues to intensify the global crisis in the realms of social, economic, cultural and health; amid this uncertain times, the impact on student’s migration cannot be sidelined. Student migration has been a widespread phenomenon across the world. The process of “globalisation” and “internationalisation of education” has led to a continuous rise in

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Cooperation Has To Be A Zero-Based Engagement Post COVID-19: Sanusha Naidu

On 30 June 2020, a panel discussion was hosted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [ GRFDT ] on the topic “The Pandemic In Africa: Local Responses And Global Strategies”. During the panel discussion, Miss Sanusha Naidu, a foreign policy analyst said that cooperation has to be a zero-based engagement post-COVID-19 and it should not be

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Mobility of Skills Does Not Impair the Growth of One Country: Gayatri Kanth

16 June 2020 New Delhi Ms. Gayatri Kanth, who works for the International Organization of Employers (IOE), Switzerland, spoke about brain drain and its impact on the growth of countries, during the virtual panel discussion held on the topic ‘Will there be Brain Drain Again post COVID-19?’ hosted by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora

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Indian Migrant Workers Stacked Abroad Why Doesn’t Indian Government Help?

R.K. Radhakrishnan is an Associate Editor at India’s national magazine Frontline, who focuses on migrant worker labour issues. He joined the online webinar organized by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, which took place on the 23rd of June 2020.According to his observations, there exist two narratives regarding migrants in media: one concerning

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COVID-19 has made Nepal think over strategies to bring back Nepali workers from Gulf Countries : Ganesh Gurung

On 27th May, 2020, Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism organised a panel discussion on “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19” seeing the vast number of international migrants stuck in the Gulf region due to the sudden onset of coronavirus. Dr Ganesh Gurung from the Nepal institute of Development studies gave us a

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Filipino Migrants Refuse to Return Amidst COVID- 19 Pandemic: Froilan Malit Jr

On 27 May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT]  on the topic, “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19” seeing the vast number of international migrants stuck in the Gulf region. Mr FroilanMalit Jr, from the University of Cambridge, UK discussed on how migration mobility will

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COVID-19 has led to contraction in the remittance inflows in Sri Lanka: Bilesha Weeraratne

On 27th May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT] on the topic “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19”. Dr. BileshaWeeraratneis a research fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka. She focused on the issue of gulf migrants from Sri Lanka and pointed

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Governments should turn their attention towards the issues of return migration, rehabilitation and re-migration: Irudaya Rajan

An International panel discussion titled “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19” organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism on 27th May, 2020 focused on the issues the migrant workers in Gulf countries are facing during COVID-19. One of the eminent panelists, Prof. Irudaya Rajan, Centre for Development Studies who has been researching

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