International Migration

Climate Change and Migration Policies

An International E-Conference was held from 2-5 November, with the theme on ‘Migration, Diasporas and Sustainable Development: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities and Challenges’. It was jointly organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT] in New Delhi, CISAN in Mexico and Migrant Forum Asia [MFA] in the Philippines. On Day 4 of the conference, […]

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COVID-19 Pandemic Reverses Gains in Human Trafficking Eradication

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

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

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

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

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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Dimensions of Forced Migration and Varying Impacts

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

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COVID-19, is non-discriminatory, it has no bias: Irudaya Rajan

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

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“Forced Migration and Refugee Protection challenges Amid COVID-19”: Parivelan K.M.

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

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An Urgent Need for Improved Virtual Learning Mechanisms amidst COVID-19: María Amelia Viteri

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

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