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Migrant wives: dynamics of the empowerment process
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Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
, 2018 , Article)
An increasing number of male migrants are taking part in intra- and inter-regional migration in Asia, leaving their wives behind at home. Their wives, whom we call emigrant wives, often adapt to new roles and responsibilities ...
Development of Bangladeshi immigrant entrepreneurship in Canada
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SAGE
, 2018 , Article)
Canada has developed a comprehensive immigration policy to accept different types of immigrants under its economic, family and humanitarian immigration categories. Canada invites over a quarter-million immigrants in a year. ...
COVID-19 and Migrants in the GCC states: Challenges, responses and key lessons
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College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center
, 2021 , Working Paper)
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, the GCC countries face an unprecedented challenge of controlling the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among non-national ...
Gender and Return Migration: Gulf Returnees in Ghana
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College of Arts and Sciences - Gulf Studies Center
, 2021 , Working Paper)
Labor migration in the Global South is generally conceived as a multidimensional process that comprises three distinct subprocesses: emigration, immigration, and return migration. There is growing consensus that return ...
Gulf Migrants Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for the Global South
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Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press)
, 2022 , Article)
As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, countries in the global South face an unprecedented challenge of holding back the spiralling COVID-19 cases. The challenge has become even more formidable in containing the virus among ...
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA): Fragility, Fragmentation, and Crisis
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Common Ground Research Networks
, 2023 , Article)
The paper examines the fragility, fragmentation, and crisis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) by dissecting the region into three subregions-Maghreb, Mashreq, and the GCC-and elaborating on their complex contours, ...
Disgraceful return: Gulf migration and shifting national narratives amid COVID-19
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Taylor & Francis
, 2023 , Article)
Several Asian countries that encourage international migration of labour call their emigrants ‘national heroes and heroines’ because of their contributions to foreign currency reserves and subsequent national development. ...
Gulf householding: implications of gulf migration for social reproduction
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Taylor & Francis
, 2024 , Article)
This paper introduces the idea of ‘Gulf householding’ to reflect on migrant households that send their members to the Arab Gulf states for work and rely on material and non-material supports for formation and sustenance ...