'Managing Return from GCC Countries: Migration and Employability' held on 14 May 2020

Описание: ICM organised a virtual panel discussion on 'Managing Returnees from GCC Countries: Migration and Employability' on 14 May 2020. The discussion involved stakeholders like government officers, academicians, policy practitioners, civil society members, researchers, recruiting agents and international organisations.

The deliberations focused on certain key aspects like:
Looking at the numbers and return of Indian migrants in the Gulf.
Assessing the economic scenario in Gulf countries where the workers are engaged.
Challenges to repatriation and rehabilitation and the recommendations to soften the impact of the economic downturn and GCC policy shifts like 'nationalisation' of jobs in certain sectors with the added impact of COVID-19 pandemic on migrant workers.
How to manage return migrants and potential for government schemes to absorb the skill sets of these migrants to create gainful employment.
Deliberate on other possible mechanisms to provide support to the returnee migrants.