South America

Less Population and Cultural Integration led the Indian Diaspora in St. Vincent to cope well with COVID-19: Arnold Thomas

Prof. Arnold Thomas is a retired diplomat based at the embassy of the organisation of the Eastern Caribbean States at Brussels. He has worked for several years at the Caribbean Community Secretariat at Georgetown, Guyana. He is also the founding member of St. Vincent and Grenadines SVG Indian Heritage Foundation. In the panel discussion conducted […]

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Zero foreign exposure for overseas students in virtual academic life: Alma Maldonado

A webinar was jointly organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT]and The Center For Research on North America (CISAN), UNAM on the topic ‘Student Migration During And Post COVID-19:Latin America And Mexico’.  Miss Alma Maldonado, Researcher for the Center For Research And Advanced Studies, Mexico who was one of the eminent panellists said

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Student- sensitive Migration policies is the need of the time during the new COVID world order: Ambassador Nahida Sobhan

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.

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Migration can work as a Safety Valve for Brazil post Pandemic

Brazil has the second highest death after USA in COVID 19 as of October second week. This has resulted in unprecedented challenge for Brazil. Though Brazil has one of the better healthcare systems in South America, its healthcare management did not respond well to the rural areas. Quoting the Maple croft’s report Business insider says

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Immobility Is Not A Feasible Option: Leiza Brumat

28 July2020 Italy Dr. Leiza Brumat, an international relations analyst who is currently Research Fellow in the MIGPROSP project at Migration Policy Centre, RSCAS, EUI, discussed the political responses to COVID-19 and their effects on mobility in South America during the virtual panel discussion on the topic ‘Migration Management during COVID-19: Practices from Latin America,

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Cuban Doctors Working Abroad Exploited by their Own Government

Prof. Camelia Tigau is a senior researcher at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In her research, she mostly focuses on international migration and diasporas. Prof. Tigau was one of the speakers at a webinar organized by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, which took place on the 4th of August 2020. She

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Latin America facing Crisis Within Crisis: Marcia Vera Espinoza

Dr. Marcia Vera Espinoza, lecturer in Human Geography at the Queen Mary University of London, discussed the displacement crisis faced by Latin America during the virtual panel discussion on the topic, ‘Migration Management During COVID-19: Best Practices from Latin America, Africa and Asia’, conducted by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism on 28th

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Temporary Visa holders and International Students are worst hit in Australia due to COVID-19: Laura Vazquez Maggio

On 4th August 2020, an online panel discussion was jointly organised by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism and The Centre for Research on North America titled “High Skilled Migration During and Post COVID-19: Perspectives from Latin America and Asia”. One of the speakers, Professor Laura Vazquez Maggio discussed the management of COVID-19 crisis

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