An in-depth interactive webinar discussing the 1st objective of the Global Compact of Migration (GCM) as part of the ‘GCM sessions’ was held in October 2021. The session was organised by the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT),Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), International Institute […]
An online panel discussion scrutinising Global Compact for Migration objective 3: Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration took place on 12th October 2021. It was co-organised by the Cross-Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), The International Institute of Migration and Development (IIMAD),
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Tonga’s volcano explosion On the evening of January 15 of 2022, the Kingdom of Tonga witnessed the violent eruption of the underwater Hunga Tonga-HungaHa’apai volcano, sending shockwaves and tsunamis across the Pacific and beyond. Within a few hours, the South Pacific archipelago was blanketed by a thick layer of smoke and ash. Entire towns were
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During the COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-2021) the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT) held a series of webinars to address the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) together with the collaboration of the civil society organisations. In November 2021, as part of their efforts for disseminating knowledge and experiences on diaspora and migration, the GRFDT,
Shamal Sudan and its Gold The Golden Triangle is a region bound between Sudan and the world’s youngest nation South Sudan. It was and still is termed as ‘Shamal’ Sudan, which many colonial British administrators considered a region. The origins of the name are from inland African sub-tribes who would term that connotes the ‘sons’
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Understanding the Contextual Problem Pastoralism can be traced to millions of years in man’s chronological order of events and in consideration of the Darwinian theory of evolution to the domestication of animals. Approximately 2 million years ago, soon after the dawn of Homo Erectus had commenced the domestication of plants and animals, proved by fossil
On 23rd November 2021, the Global Research Forum on Diaspora and Transnationalism (GRFDT), the Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA), the Cross Regional Center for Refugees and Migrants (CCRM), International Institute for Migration and Development(IIMAD) and Metropolis Asia-Pacific (MAP) jointly organized a panel discussion on the Objective 7 of the Global Compact for Migration. The session
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An interactive webinar on the International Migration Review Forum (IMRF) Roundtable 4 took place on the 9th of February 2022. In line with the series of Migration Dialogues organised by the United Nations Network on Migration, the 4th Roundtable focused on tackling the Global Compact for Migration (GCM) objectives 1, 3, 7, 17, and 23.
Prof. Binod Khadria, the President of GRFDT, has been nominated as ‘Affiliated Scholar’ at the Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM), Georgetown University, Washington DC. Prof. Binod Khadria, who has been at the helm of GRFDT since August 2021, is an eminent academician and former Professor of Economics and Chairperson of the Zakir
Introduction The International cross-border movements of people have many forms in the contemporary world. On the basis of time-period of stay at destination country, it can be categorized as temporary migration and permanent migration. On the basis of purpose of cross-border movement, it can be categorized as international tourism, international labour migration, and international student
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