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Common Human Trafficking Routes in Africa and How to Counter and Apprehend Smugglers

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Key Routes Human trafficking is a key global topic and is addressed in various human rights and migration charters. The Global Compact for Migration addresses this under the 10th recommendation, Prevent and combat trafficking in persons in the context of international migration. It is a concern to nearly all major world powers, especially the European […]

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Policy Intervention and Making Migration a part of the Development Plan: Review of the Progress of GCM

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A panel discussion addressing Global Compact for Migration objectives 2, 5, 6, 12, and 18, on the theme- Ensuring that migration is voluntary, orderly, and regular, was held on 31st August 2021. This panel discussion was a part of the African Regional Review of GCM, which was jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa

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Preparing for Human Mobility in the Contexts of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa

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Ahead of the Africa Regional Review Conference of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM) held on 31 August and 1 September 2021, side events were held on 26 August 2021 to discuss the GCM implementation progress, to highlight key national and regional trajectories, share best practices and innovative perspectives, and strengthen

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ECOWAS is Strengthening Regional Cooperation as a Response Strategy to COVID-19: Amanda Bisong

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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

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Challenges of African Migrants in the COVID-19 World: Charles Obila.

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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

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States Adopting a Nationalistic Posture towards COVID-19: Faisal Garba

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Dr Faisal M.Garba is a lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, whose research and teaching interests radiate around African migration, social change, working class history and organization, African historical sociology and social theory. During the virtual panel discussion held by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora Transnationalism

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

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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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“Mauritius has to develop its agriculture sector to be self-sufficient”: Sheila Bunwaree

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On 30th May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], on the topic,“The Pandemic in Africa: local responses and global strategies.” Sheila Bunwaree is a Professor of Sociology and Development Studies at the University of Mauritius since 1993. She worked as a gender and social development consultant

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“Migrant groups are active in economy through Informal Sector so it needs to be formalized”: Philani Mthembu

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On 30th May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], on the topic,“The Pandemic in Africa: local responses and global strategies.” Dr. Philani Mthembu is an executive director at the Institute of global dialogue based in South Africa. He pursued a Joint Doctorate program with a graduate

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“Countries Should Attract Foreign Direct Investments For Post COVID Reforms”: Genet Teshome Jirru

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On 17 May 2020, a panel discussion was organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [ GRFDT ] on the topic “ Pandemic In Africa : Local Responses And Global Strategies ”. During the virtual panel discussion series hosted by GRFDT, Mr. Genet TheshomeJirru, Deputy Head, Ethiopian Embassy of People’s Republic of China,

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