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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 […]

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

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

An International panel discussion titled “Gulf Migration: During and Aftermath of COVID-19” organized by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism on 27th May, 2020 focused on the issues the migrant workers in Gulf countries are facing during COVID-19. One of the eminent panelists, Prof. Irudaya Rajan, Centre for Development Studies who has been researching

Millions of migrant labourers working in the Gulf countries face an unprecedented crisis as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe with disastrous consequences for the employment sector. Faced with loss of jobs and being exposed to the deadly virus in the absence of adequate protection, these migrants are returning to their own countries which

Millions of migrant labourers working in the Gulf countries face an unprecedented crisis as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe with disastrous consequences for the employment sector. Faced with loss of jobs and being exposed to the deadly virus in the absence of adequate protection, these migrants are returning to their own countries which

Millions of migrant labourers working in the Gulf countries face an unprecedented crisis as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the globe with disastrous consequences for the employment sector. Faced with loss of jobs and being exposed to the deadly virus in the absence of adequate protection, these migrants are returning to their own countries which