On 23rd June 2020, The Global Research Forum for Diaspora and Transnationalism organised a virtual seminar on the topic “Media Narratives on Migrants during COVID-19”. The insightful session sought to address the dominant media narratives of the media relating to the migrants’ lives both national and international migrants during COVID-19. One of the panelists, ‘Ismail […]
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
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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29.9.2020 Taiwan Abhay Chawla was one of six speakers at webinar organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism with the main focus on media narratives on migrants during COVID-19. Chawla is a lecturer at the Indian Institute of Mass Communication. In his speech, Chawla discussed misinformation in Indian news. As an example, he
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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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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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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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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
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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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
