Nepal has been receiving an average of Rs 7 billion in remittances every day, exposing the country’s deepening dependence on overseas earnings kathmandupost.com/money/2026/0...

📣 CfP for the 2027 IMISCOE Spring Conference (10-12 March) 💫 Studying Migration in the Digital Era: Innovation, Regulation, Ethics, and Rights 📍Global Migration Institute atT oronto Metropolitan University Full call: shortlink.uk/1pfd0 @globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social @researchtmu.bsky.social

Save the date! We are excited to announce that we will be hosting the 2027 @imiscoe.bsky.social Spring Conference in collaboration with the @globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social from March 10-12, 2027, at @torontomet.bsky.social. 🔗 Learn more: www.imiscoe.org/events/imisc... 1/2 🧵

Researchers find 42% drop in Canadians visiting US metro areas amid Trump 2.0 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

We also explored how Gulf migration experiences continue to shape identity, belonging and community across generations, including among those now building lives in Canada. 🤝 A huge thanks to the organizers, speakers and attendees! 2/2

Today, we wrapped up the Gulf Canada Connections workshop, exploring the understudied phenomenon of Gulf-Canada migration. The workshop sparked important conversations on multi-step migration, transnational belonging and navigating precarious conditions across regions. 1/2 🧵

Excited to share the keynote and roundtable speakers for the Gulf-Canada Connections: Migration, Citizenship, and Urban Change Across Borders workshop from May 7-8 at the @globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social. Learn more: www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div... #MigrationResearch #GCC #Canada

Citizenship in the News 📰🇰🇼 Kuwait Is Stripping Its People of Citizenship at an Unprecedented Rate: Behind the language of legality, the new emir has pushed a political project to narrow national identity and roll back decades of democratic reform newlinesmag.com/essays/kuwai...

Nepal’s growing dependence on foreign employment is easing household incomes and supporting the economy, but it also reflects deep structural job shortages and a rising risk of long-term labour force depletion. myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/growth-...

US will deny visas to applicants who say they fear persecution at home www.cnn.com/2026/04/29/p...

📢 New Publication Areej Jamal; Nasra Shah and I have our policy brief “Retaining Talent: Strategic Pathways for Highly Skilled South Asian Migrants in Saudi Arabia’s Knowledge Economy” gulfmigration.grc.net/publications/

Join us for a timely workshop at the @globalmigrationtmu.bsky.social hosted by Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social, and affiliated researchers @aatique.bsky.social, @jeremiemolho.bsky.social, Amin Moghadam and postdoctoral fellow Hari KC. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/bridging-div... 2/2

Welcome to the Global Migration Institute, the home for migration research at @torontomet.bsky.social. As we begin this next chapter, we’re excited to carry forward the legacy of CERC Migration - together with our community. #TMUMigration

Happy Nepali New Year 2083! 🇳🇵

Applications are open for the Global Migration Institute Winter School 🌍 Nov 9–13, 2026 at Toronto Metropolitan University. Open to grad students, researchers, faculty, and practitioners. Apply by: May 17, 2026. 🔗 https://www.torontomu.ca/global-migration-institute/opportunities/winter-school/

🇨🇦 New data shows that the over-education rate for immigrants is 26.7%, more than double the 10.9% rate for Canadian-born workers, meaning more than 1 in 4 degree-holding newcomers are stuck in jobs they're overqualified for. 🔗 https://bit.ly/4slo7cu

Moving away from the general 70-80 year old men ruling Nepal, very happy to see this younger group take charge. Here is to wishing this younger generation the best, so much hope placed on them 🇳🇵

Check out our New Podcast! Deepa Nagari and I shared our research on Nepali immigrants in Canada with Marty Logan for the @nepalnowpod.bsky.social podcast. nepalnowpod.buzzsprout.com/1839347/epis...

The US cost of the first week of the Iran war ($11.3bn) would be more than enough to fully fund the EPA (at $8.8bn), CDC($9.2bn) or National Cancer Institute ($7.4bn) & is more than the total amount allocated this year for the National Science Foundation www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office. A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies. Read more: https://scim.ag/4boPkq8

No country for women! The front page of today’s Kathmandu Post says it all. 🇳🇵

Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

Inviting migration researchers! #CFP - Complex Migration Pathways: Insights from Asia ❗Deadline: Feb. 25, 2026 For more details on submission topics and how to submit, visit: www.torontomu.ca/global-migra... #CallforPapers #MigrationResearch #Migration

How many Americans want their state to secede — and what they would want to happen next. (@today.yougov.com) More, via Opinion Today: opiniontoday.substack.com/p/260212-top...

In 2026, the world is now diplomatically closer to Beijing than it has been in recent memory, with significant shifts in alignments taking place during the start of Trump’s second presidential term. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

@triandafyllidou.bsky.social and I are putting together an edited Book on Complex Migration Pathways: Insights from Asia, please submit your Chapter proposals (300 words) by February 25th. www.torontomu.ca/global-migra...

Liam goes home… www.instagram.com/reel/DUOW4_E...

Stop what you’re doing and read this piece, which is as powerful as you’d expect from @adamserwer.bsky.social witnessing the events of last week on the ground in Minnesota. “The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.”

Nepal & Saudi Arabia finally sign a labour agreement, after Nepal's effort for more than a decade. Still they only proceeded with a general labour agreement and not a domestic worker agreement. Saudi Arabia is now the largest destination for Nepali workers kathmandupost.com/nepali-diasp...

#Women are underrepresented in academia, especially in #STEMM fields, top institutions & in senior positions. Analysis of millions of biomed & life science articles reveal that female-authored articles spend longer under review than comparable male-authored ones @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4658FZN

Toronto Metropolitan University invites outstanding researchers based outside Canada to apply for nomination to the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs Program. Applications are due by Feb. 21: www.torontomu.ca/research/abo... @arts-tmu.bsky.social @trsmtorontomet.bsky.social @torontometsci.bsky.social

This is one of the sharpest analyses of international affairs that I've heard from a Canadian leader - or any national leader - in a long time. And I suspect he wrote the main bits himself. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...

How do migration trajectories from the Gulf States to Europe and North America reshape settlement pathways and policy responses? Join the conversation with Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and affiliated researcher @aatique.bsky.social. 1/2 🧵

How do migration trajectories from the Gulf States to Europe and North America reshape settlement pathways and policy responses? Join the conversation with Bridging Divides researcher @richashivakoti.bsky.social and affiliated researcher Asma Atique. 1/2 🧵

Deleted these two posts because we now have confirmation from the State Department that this suspension is limited ONLY to immigrant visas — visas which let someone enter the United States with permanent residence status and on a path to a green card. There is NOT a suspension on nonimmigrant visas.

New research by @richashivakoti.bsky.social and Hari KC questions Nepal's paternalistic migration policies. Are "protective" measures actually restricting women's agency? Authors contrast state discourse with the lived experiences of women migrants. 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"Mapping the Global North bias in forced migration studies: three decades of publication and citation trends." Open access at academic.oup.com/jrs/advance-...

New working paper

The ultra-rich 0.001% (tiny number of 56,000) control three times the wealth of the poorest half of humanity www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...

Register for the GLMM and KAS Webinar on “Stepwise Migration to the Gulf States and Onwards: Highly Skilled Workers in the Global Competition for Talents” on 9 December 2025, 5:00-6:30 pm KSA – 3:00-4:30 pm CET

... reconciling their expectations of Canada as a "dream country" with the difficult realities of settling as newcomers. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

Nepali Canadians represent a growing but understudied immigrant community in Canada. New #WorkingPaper from @richashivakoti.bsky.social and Deepa Nagari reveals that while they arrive through diverse pathways seeking better opportunities, many face challenges...

By late 2024, cyber scamming operations in Mekong countries were generating an estimated $44bn (£33.4bn) a year, equivalent to about 40% of the combined formal economy. That figure is considered conservative, and on the rise. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

#NewPublication Deepa Nagari and I have published a new Working Paper "Nepali immigrants in Canada: Complex pathways and experiences". It's a part of the large MEMO Partnership Grant. Thanks to all who agreed to be interviewed. @cercmigration.bsky.social www.torontomu.ca/content/dam/...

🎓 CERC Migration's Winter School brought together early-career researchers for an intensive week of #qualitativeresearch training in migration studies. Participants gained hands-on experience in interviewing, data analysis, and ethical research practices. 🔗 www.torontomu.ca/cerc-migrati...

Just out Wellstead, Adam and Howlett, Michael, "Capacity for What? Elon Musk's DOGE, Public Value Destruction and the Darkside of Policy Capacity" (November 26, 2025). Available at SSRN: ssrn.com/abstract=581... or dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...