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Politics of progressive migrant action: The power and peril of migrant organizations

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Patricia Miraflores* With the number of recently repatriated Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) reaching the 800,000-mark, the “OFW voting bloc” is emerging into a potential key player during the upcoming Philippine elections. Although there are speculations as to how Overseas Absentee Voting would unfold during the pandemic, we have yet to see how exactly these unprecedented […]

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Africa-France summit: the new generations defend a reorientation of the relation

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Africa has spoken. It delivered and rejected the control strategies of France, which have always characterized its relations with the old continent. But this time, it was neither representatives of public institutions nor heads of state who had the right to speak. The latter has been granted to new generations. Contrary to what the public

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Repatriation and reintegration during the pandemic: The case of Overseas Filipino Workers

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Patricia Miraflores*  The ongoing repatriation of Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) due to COVID-19 was named the biggest in Philippine history by Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. who speculates it may even be the largest ever mass repatriation of citizens from a single country. During the pandemic, a one-billion peso fund was allocated to the Assistance-to-Nationals

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Filipino diaspora voting beyond (and within) borders during the pandemic

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What can we expect from Overseas Absentee Voting in the upcoming 2022 Philippine elections? Patricia Miraflores* Some speculate that Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are beginning to shed their so-called “voter apathy” when they proved to be game-changers in the 2016 and 2019 Philippine elections. On one hand, the Philippine Commission on Elections (COMELEC) made huge

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Policy Intervention and Making Migration a part of the Development Plan: Review of the Progress of GCM

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A panel discussion addressing Global Compact for Migration objectives 2, 5, 6, 12, and 18, on the theme- Ensuring that migration is voluntary, orderly, and regular, was held on 31st August 2021. This panel discussion was a part of the African Regional Review of GCM, which was jointly organized by the Economic Commission for Africa

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A Closer Look at Punargeham Project, Kerala’s Attempt at Climate Change Induced Relocation

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As climate change impact ravages the world over, the state of Kerala stands no exception. Kerala has been battling climate change for decades now, and with a lengthy coastline, the consequences of climate change will be drastic, especially for the fishing community of the state. This essay intends to analyze the relocation project, Punargeham, adopted

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Preparing for Human Mobility in the Contexts of Disasters and Climate Change in Africa

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Ahead of the Africa Regional Review Conference of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (GCM) held on 31 August and 1 September 2021, side events were held on 26 August 2021 to discuss the GCM implementation progress, to highlight key national and regional trajectories, share best practices and innovative perspectives, and strengthen

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Thematic Round Table Discussions On GCM-Africa Review

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On September 1, 2021, the African regional review on implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration met for the second day in a virtual format. It was organised by the UN Network on Migration, IOM-UN Migration, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa and the Global Compact for Migration.  In the concluding

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The Triple Win Project in the COVID-19 pandemic: Who wins and who loses?

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How the pandemic exposed the limitations of “ethical recruitment” of Filipino nurses in a global labor crisis Recently, overseas Filipino nurses proved to be indispensable in countries where the COVID-19 pandemic pushed health systems to the brink of collapse compounded by the lack of local manpower in the healthcare sector. As the largest supplier of

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