COVID-19 and systemic resilience : rethinking the impacts of migrant workers and labour migration policies

Published in Cadmus This paper argues that concerns about the resilience of essential services require a reassessment of the impacts of migrant workers and the design of labour migration and related public policies. The Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the high share of migrants among ‘key workers’ who deliver essential services, notably in agriculture and food production, health services […]

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Nearly a million Pakistanis went abroad for work in over two years: PM’s aide

Published in The Express Tribune on December 18, 2020 ISLAMABAD: Nearly a million Pakistanis have been sent abroad for work by the PTI government over the past two years, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Overseas Pakistanis Zulfiqar Bukhari said on the occasion of World Migrants Day. “Despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, Pakistani expatriates were able[…]

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Remittances remain above $2b

By Salman Siddiqui Published in The Express Tribune on December 12, 2020 KARACHI: Pakistan once again created history with over $2 billion worth of workers’ remittances for the sixth consecutive month in November, which helped the country to continue to meet its international payment obligations. “More good news for Pakistan’s economy as workers’ remittances continued to grow[…]