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On 1 June 2020, a coalition of civil society organizations and trade unions launched an appeal for an “Urgent Justice Mechanism”, to address the plight of millions of migrant workers who have been repatriated or are awaiting repatriation as a result of pandemic-related job loss.

Programme/ Department: Human Mobility Initiative 

Contract Type: Full time, Fixed Term 

Salary: £41,575-£64,888 per annum 

Location: Overseas Development Institute 

Hours: 35hrs per week 

Closing Date: 05 August 2020  

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The COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted millions of migrant workers in destination countries, many of whom have experienced job loss or non-payment of wages, been forced by employers to take unpaid leave or reduced wages, been confined in poor living conditions, and with little or no engagement in the work options before them. Many migrant workers also struggle with the dilemma of exercising their right to return in these circumstances, while others remain stranded in cities without access to services or support, or in border areas, living in precarious conditions posing as quarantine facilities. 

About the project/work tasks: 

Migration is a prioritized area of research at the University of Bergen and is organised as one of the pillars of the strategic initiative on research into global challenges. At the Faculty of Social Sciences, migration research takes place at all departments and centres, and the research unit on International Migration and Ethnic Relations (IMER) has served as the core cross-disciplinary platform for studies and research on this topic for over two decades. The aim of IMER Bergen is to contribute to research-based knowledge about international migration, including on the interplay between politics and mobilities, and migration and inequalities 

We are looking for a senior researcher in the area of migration and mobility who has a wide network with other African scholars and research organisations working on Africa, particularly in Africa and the Nordic countries. 

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EU-India Common Agenda on Migration and Mobility (CAMM) 

Dear CMRS Friends, 

CMRS is conducting a webinar on Covid-19 and International Labor Migration in the Middle East on Monday, June 22, 2020.  

The EUI School of Transnational Governance invites you to join the fifth thought-provoking discussion in our series of one-hour virtual conversations with world renowned experts and scholars about the challenges in navigating the new global environment in a post-corona world.