On the 23rd of June 2020, the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism organized an online webinar about the Media Narratives on Migrants during the COVID-19. One of the panellists of this online event was Stephanie H. Donald, who is a Distinguished Professor of Film at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom […]
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Dr. Shashi Tharoor is an author, member of the Parliament of India, and former senior UN diplomat. He was one of the speakers at a webinar jointly organized by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) New Delhi, India, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) Manila, Philippines and Cross Regional Center for Refugees and
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Dr .Dilip Ratha is a specialist on migration and remittances and head of KNOMAD World Bank. He was one of the speakers at a webinar jointly organized by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM) which took place on the
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Mr. Ryszard Cholewinski is a senior migration specialist at the International Labour Organisation regional office for Arab States, Beruit. He was one of the speakers at a webinar jointly organized by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) andCross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM) which took place
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On 21 July 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT] on the topic, “Transitional Justice: Towards Building Back Better”. Mr. Shahidu lHaque, former foreign secretary of Bangladesh and currently a senior fellow at North South University in Dhaka and a senior advisor of IOM Bangladesh, was one
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The COVID-19 has brought into our focus a range of cases to which we had not given enough thought earlier. Global migration and the cases related to it are an important part of our current reality and with the origin of the pandemic, there is an accumulating consensus on the need to look and reflect
The speaker Mr. Bela Hovy, Chief Migration Section, UN DESA Programme Division, spoke during the virtual panel discussion held on the GCM Objective 1: “Collect and Utilize Accurate and Disaggregated Data as a Basis for Evidence-Based Policies” hosted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], Migrant Forum in Asia, Cross-Regional Centre for Refugees and
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A panel discussion was jointly conducted on 18th August 2020 by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT] and The Centre for Research on North America (CISAN), UNAM on the topic ‘Student Migration During and Post COVID-19: Latin America and Asia’ explaining the innumerable problems spiralling for international students amidst this global health pandemic.
A panel discussion on the Objective 6 of the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) was jointly organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA),Cross-Regional Centre for Refugee and Migration (CCRM) and Civil Society Action Committee (CSAC), on 6 October 2020, with the aim of enabling a dialogue on
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Immigration has been the backbone of the American success stories so far. However, the recent policy measures have already derailed the script. The USA economy is no more that strong. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis as quoted in texaspolicy mentioned that the “GDP contracted by 5% (annualized) in Q1:2020 and 31.7% in Q2:2020 for
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