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On 2 June 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) on the topic, ‘Livelihood of Migrants during COVID 19 and Future Challenges”. Eminent scholar Jeffrey Lesserfrom Emory University, shared his research that is focused on migrants in São Paulo neighbourhoods. In particular, he spoke about irregular immigrants […]

On 2 June 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) on the topic, ‘Livelihood of Migrants during COVID 19 and Future Challenges”. Eminent scholar Camelia Tigau from National Autonomous University of Mexico,  weighed in on undocumented, Mexican migrants and how the current pandemic situation has affected their

On June 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], on the topic, ‘’ Livelihood of Migrants during COVID-19 and Future Challenges’’. Dr. Faiz Omar Mohammad Jamie, Director, Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Bahri shared his views on the livelihood of migrants in COVID-19, with respect to Sudanese nationals living abroad

On June 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT], on the topic, ‘’ Livelihood of Migrants during COVID-19 and Future Challenges’’. Prof. Bahija Jamal is an associate professor of International Law and International Relations at Hassan II University in Casablanca, Morocco, who shared her views on the livelihood of migrants in COVID-19,

 Professor Luciana Sparta, Professor and researcher at the University of Buenos Aires, discussed the effects of COVID-19 in Argentina, in a virtual panel discussion on ‘Migrants and Immigrants during COVID 19: Country Specific Cases’ hosted by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT] on the 10th of May 2020. Shift in social composition

On 17 May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT]  on the topic, “Migration, Gender and COVID-19: Socio-Economic and Policy Perspectives”.  During the webinar series organized by GRFDT, Paddy Siyanga Knudsen, a well-known Development Economist, urged the need to ensure safer migration of women to informal sector.

This Tuesday (15th of September, 2020), Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism together with the Migrant Forum in Asia,Cross-Regional Centre for Refugee and Migration, and Civil Society Action Committee organized an online webinar regarding all stages of migration. The whole webinar was moderated by William Gois, the regional coordinator of the Migrant Forum in

On 10 May 2020, a panel discussion was conducted by the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism [GRFDT]  on the topic, ‘Migrants and Immigrants during COVID 19: Country Specific Cases”. The speaker Dr. A. Didar Singh spoke on the “Indian migration to the Gulf”. Dr. A. Didar Singh, the panelist speaker, is a Former