Diaspora Roles: Challenges, Opportunities and Models
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On Thursday, May 28th, at the request of the Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Diaspora Issues ISET hosted Liesl A. Riddle, associate professor of International Business and International Affaris at the George Washington University School of Business. Prof. Riddle gave a presentation titled “Diaspora Roles in Development around the World: Challenges, Opportunities & Models”.
Prof. Riddle talked about general issues related to diaspora. As explained, people leave their home countries for various reasons, such as escalating the political situation in the country, corruption, government changes, etc. The majority of migrants cross borders in search of better economic and social opportunities. Number of international emigrants doubled in 1975-2000 and reached 200 million worldwide. 1 in 10 persons in developed countries is a migrant.
Maryam Naghsh Nejad: Children of Afghan migrants in Iran
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On Wednesday, May 27th, Maryam Naghsh Nejad from Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA-Bonn) presented her work in progress “Children of Afghan Migrants in Iran” to the ISET community. The study tries to identify whether there are disparities between Iranian natives and Afghan immigrants and what the sources of these discrepancies are.
As Ms. Naghsh Nejad pointed out, Afghan refugees are one of the largest displaced population in the world. According to the data retrieved for 2012, there were between 2.4 to 3 million Afghan immigrants living in Iran. Afghan refugees started to arrive in Iran from 1978, in several different waves. Iran, a host country, did accept Afghan refugees but its policy towards these people has never been stable.
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