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Nayyer Abbas is Assistant Professor at the Institute of History Government College University Lahore Pakistan. He received his PhD from the Government College University Lahore. His thesis, entitled ‘Socio-Economic Rehabilitation of Refugees in Toba Tek Singh 1947-1961’, studied factors behind violence, migration and rehabilitation of refugees and its implications after the partition in Toba Tek Singh Punjab Pakistan. More broadly, his current research interests include socio-economic impact of the partition, refugee studies and ‘mohajir [migrant] identity’ in Pakistan.

Acil Abdul Hadi is an expatration and skilled migration scholar, taking part of the Marie-Sklodowska Curie project on Global Mobility of employees. Acil is particularly interested in socio-economic consequences of migration including skills acquisition and career development.

Tsion Tadesse Abebe is a lead researcher and analyst on migration and forced displacement. Currently, she is working as a senior researcher in the Migration Programme of the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), a leading think-tank in Africa. She has extensively published on migration and forced displacement and the link between migration and security. The Global Compact for Migration, the Global Compact on Refugees, and Securitisation of intra-African Migration are some of the issues covered by her publications. Tsion is a founding member of the Global Academic Interdisciplinary Network (GAIN) and member of the editorial board of Refugees Survey Quarterly, which is published by Oxford University Press.

Migration researcher focussing on the determinants and impacts of international migration, remittances and return migration from a source region perspective. Works mainly on migration from India. Examins impact of migration on inter-generational mobilities, occupational mobilities, and social inequalities. Current research focuses include migration, integration, and counterflows with an intersection on gender, human capital development, and inequality.

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