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Shepherd Mutsvara is pursuing a joint doctorate program in Political Sciences and Administration with the Pedagogical University of Krakow and Ghent University. His research project focuses on the effects of economic liberalization on refugee movements in Sub-Saharan Africa. It seeks to establish if economic liberalization has become a serious form of economic persecution which International Law should take into consideration in the adjudication of asylum claims.

Nevena Nancheva is Senior Lecturer in Politics, International Relations and Human Rights at Kingston University London and a researcher at the Centre for Research on Communities, Identities and Difference. She has written on European integration, nationalism, national minorities and refugee migration. Her project EU Migrants in the UK: Political Community, Identity and Security was funded by the British Academy/ Leverhulme Trust, while her project on ethnic food entrepreneurship and migrant inclusion is currently being developed in collaboration with local authorities and chambers of commerce.

Daniel Naujoks is the director of the International Organization & UN Studies Specialization at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. He is author of ‘Migration, Citizenship, and Development’ (2013, Oxford University Press) and his research focuses on global governance, migration, refugees, citizenship, multilateralism and global development. Dr. Naujoks regularly advises governments and international organizations on issues of migration, diaspora engagement, human rights, displacement, and development.

Tony NDEFRU FRACHAHA, from the Democratic Republic of Congo. A Computer Science Engineer, Writer, and an International Traveller. Diploma in Social Sciences and Bachelor in Computer Sciences (Networks, CISCO, AWS), diploma in Theology (Theologian at the Theological Institute: "IBBC" – "Instituto Biblico O Brasil para Cristo", São Paulo, Brazil) and other training, with better Experiences and knowledge’s performed on Environment, National and International Diplomacy, Politics and Local Governance, on Human Rights, Case Worker, Project Management, Moralist and Mediator and International Migration Issues. Reliable, friendly, lively, and adaptable professional with a background in technical education, a self-starter, equally comfortable as a team leader. Well-developed interpersonal skills, Still looking for opportunities to optimize existing, share experiences, and learn.

My research area focuses on anthropology of migration, in particular forced migration, gender studies and media studies. Area focus: Asia and Europe

Dr. Lucille Lok Sun NGAN is Associate Head and Associate Professor at the Department of Social Science, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on migration and transnationalism, ethnic identities, family processes, gender, aging, and the Chinese diaspora. She has examined issues related to the migration trajectories of Hong Kong transnational families, perceptions of social tensions among migrant groups, fatherhood among second-generation returnees, cross-border students, social inequalities in East Asia, and multi-generational ethnicity among Australian-born Chinese. She is currently researching transnational aging and family processes of older adults from Hong Kong. Her research papers have appeared in Critical Asian Studies, International Migration Review, Asian Studies Review and Children and Youth Services Review, among others.