By Camelia Tigau* Svitlana—interviewed virtually on Tuesday, October 11, 2022—is very young, as is her friend, Dima, interviewed five days earlier. They are both Ukrainians in their twenties and live in Boston, USA. Svitlana does her best to hold back her tears during our talk. Nevertheless, on the other side of the screen that separates […]
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Migrant workers play a vital role in the American workforce. They contribute to society in countless ways, from supporting the agricultural industry to bringing unique cultural perspectives to present-day problems. Unfortunately, many migrant workers are economically exploited by their employers, on whom they are dependent for basic necessities including housing and access to healthcare. Do
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Abstract Human trafficking is a highly complex phenomenon that persists, drawing hundreds of thousands of victims worldwide, affecting stable democracies as well as conflict ridden societies indiscriminately. Existing anti-trafficking mechanisms adopted by governments and international organizations are incommensurate with the magnitude of the issue. This article, drawing upon secondary sources, aims at a brief assessment
The fourth session of the 4th International E-Conference on “Migration, Governance, and COVID-19: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities, and Challenges”, was held on November 3, 2022. The theme of the session was “Internal Migration in India”. The session was chaired by Dr. Ruchi Singh, who is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B). The
The ninth session of the 4th International E-Conference on “Migration, Governance, and COVID-19: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities, and Challenges”, was held on November 4, 2022. The theme of the session was “Climate Change and Migration”. The session was chaired by Dr. M. Mahalingam who is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of SGT University,
The seventh session of the 4th International E-Conference on “Migration, Governance, and COVID-19: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities, and Challenges”, was held on November 3rd and 4th, 2022. The theme of the session was “Forced Migration & Human Rights”. The session was chaired by Dr. Monika Bisht Ranjan, an Executive Committee member of the Global Research Forum on
The 4th International E-Conference titled “Migration, Governance, and COVID-19: Perspectives, Policies, Opportunities, and Challenges” was jointly organised by the Centre for Research on North America (CISAN), Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) and Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) from 3-4 November 2022. The fifth session of the conference was chaired by Professor Camelia
Context September 2nd, 2022, marked seven years since Aylan Kurdi became a worldwide sensation highlighting the refugee crisis that was arising from the war in Syria. Yet, many migrants continue to lose their lives whilst trying to seek refuge. One such instance occurred recently with the death of three children on board a boat filled
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In mid-October 2021, President Joe Biden announced that the United States would be allowing up to 125,000 refugees into the country for this financial year. However, it is unsure whether or not the United States will be able to meet its goal due to the backlog from various events, including COVID-19 and, more significantly, the
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Tuvalu is heavily impacted by climate change. This is because Tuvalu consists of nine islands that “are very low-lying, their morphology is entirely dependent on coral growth, they have shallow freshwater lenses which are easily depleted in times of drought, have high population densities, and people’s diets are heavily dependent on fisheries.”[1] As a result,
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