Lack of migration policy causes human rights violation in Gulf: Raj Bardouille

Delivering a talk through Skype on “Migration Experiences of Temporary Migrants in the Gulf Council Cooperation (GCC) States: The Case of the Kingdom of Bahrain and Dubai (in the United Arab Emirates), Dr. Raj Bardouille, Scholar at Migration and Development Researcher, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, Toronto, Canada, on 23 November 2013 organised by GRFDT, mentioned that the situation of international migrants are pathetic in Gulf countries due to the lack of proper policy measures. Her presentation was based on the experiences and knowledge gained during the course of field work and information collected through unstructured interviews among the temporary migrants working in unskilled/semiskilled sectors during 2008 in Bahrain and Dubai. The major objective of the talk was to find out how migrants feel by focussing the migration experiences of temporary migrants. The migration trend towards