Introduction … but who are the real development heroes? Is it OXFAM or the bus driver from Somalia who generally works three jobs a month so that maybe he can send £400 back to a family in Mogadishu? I know that it is a rhetorical point to make but I think it is still a […]
Diaspora-led Reconstruction and Development: The Zimbabwean Case and its Challenges Read More »
May 12, 2021 The wave of independence witnessed across the world, particularly in Africa, in the 1950s and 1960s seems to have never finished. There is still one country in the African continent that is yet to realize its right to self-determination and freedom, and which has been waiting for a referendum on its independence
Sahrawi: An Endless Struggle for Independence and Freedom Read More »
Syed Sajidur Rahman* May 6, 2021 Human mobility is mainly triggered by economic, socio-political, and environmental factors. All these factors follow the push and pull mechanism, the push factor forces people to move whereas the pull factor attracts people. Almost all migrations to date are following this pattern. Currently, the world is suffering from a
Internal Reverse Migration Amid COVID-19: A Case Study Of Bangladesh Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decline of annual growth in migration by 27% compared to 2019, as reported by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). The migration flow was lessened by an average of two million people in 2020. According to the Secretary-General of DESA “The report affirms that migration
Impact of COVID-19 on Migrants and Refugees in Europe Read More »
On the 2nd of March 2021, the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism, together with the Migrant Forum in Asia, the Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants, and the Civil Society Action Committee, organized an online webinar on the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) Objective 23. Various experts on migration discussed the topic,
The GCM Objective 23: A Mortar of International Cooperation Read More »
The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted remittance flows. Remittances are money or goods sent by migrants back to families and friends in their home country, and the strongest link between migration and development. In April of 2020, the World Bank predicted a drop of approximately 20% in remittance flows globally traceable to the pandemic, shutdowns,
The Impact of COVID-19 on Remittance Flows Read More »
Since the beginning of human history and due to a huge variety of reasons, people have always been moving from one place to another looking for better living conditions or, sadly, just to survive. Indeed, for a long time, many tribal populations remained substantially nomadic or, more generally, mobile because their lives were inextricably linked
Understanding the Causes and Ongoing Difficulties of the Venezuelan Diaspora Read More »
Introduction According to Anderson (2006, p 6), “a nation is imagined when each member does not know most of their fellow community members, meet them, or even hear of them, yet in the minds of each lives the image of their communion”. This also seems to have happened among the Ethiopian diaspora communities and their
Transborder Ethiopian Diasporic Nationalism in the Making of Nationhood Read More »
Six GCC Countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE) have reported the death of more than 33 thousand Indian workers since 2016. Among these countries, the highest number of casualty has been reported in Saudi Arabia, with 14229 workers. United Arab Emirates (UAE) has declared the death of 9769, followed by Kuwait (3812),
More than 33,000 Indian Workers died in GCC since 2016 Read More »
In January 2019, the Migration Protection Protocol also known as MPP started to operate on the border between Mexico and the United States of America. Under the MPP program, individuals arriving in the United States of America are given an immigration court date. However, while waiting for that court date they have to remain in
Changes in MPP – What is Happening in the Northern Border of Mexico Read More »
