The Migration & Diaspora Podcast

Hello and welcome to Episode 55 of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , a show about anything and everything to do with migration and diaspora engagement.  I’m delighted to be joined today by Linda Oucho , Executive Director of the African Migration and Development Policy Centre (AMADPOC), who shares her insights into African migrant decision-making. About Linda Linda is an established migration...

Hello and welcome again to yet another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , where we showcase projects and people from the field of migration and diaspora engagement. I’m your host Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory , your independent migration and diaspora agency. India is one of the most interesting countries to study when it comes to migration. When I think of Indian migration,...

Hello and welcome again to yet another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , where we showcase projects and people from the field of migration and diaspora engagement. I’m your host Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory , your independent migration and diaspora agency.  Now, it’s been a while since we talked about Latin America on this podcast, so I’m very excited to present to you a c...

Hello and welcome to a very special episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , in which we have our first-ever repeat guest. Great friend of Homelands Advisory and star guest of episode 2 , Dr Martin Russell , AKA Doctor Diaspora, is back on the show to talk about the state of the diaspora engagement sector now four years on from that first interview.   About Martin Everyone who works on di...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , produced by Homelands Advisory , your independent migration agency. In case this is your first time tuning in, we spotlight projects, research and stories related to people on-the-move. Today, we’ve got a heavyweight of the migration world, Rob McNeil from the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford , on the s...

Hello and you’re listening to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , a show that shines light on some of the most impactful trends, projects and people working in the field of migration and diaspora engagement. And I’m your host, Loksan Harley, Executive Director of Homelands Advisory - your independent migration agency specialised in research, policy development and trainings.  About Bashàïr Toda...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , where we discuss topics, projects, ideas, and everything else related to migration and diaspora engagement. Today, we’ve got a podcast about, well, podcasting. We’ve got Ana Lucía Gutiérrez González on the show to share her wonderful story connecting with fellow Peruvian diaspora women through the Granadilla Podcast th...

Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , where we discuss topics, projects, ideas, and everything else related to the movement of people.  Today, I’m joined by David Martineau , Senior Programme Manager at the International Organization for Migration (IOM), who tells us all about the Migration Governance Indicators (MGI) programme .  About David Working withi...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , a show about all things migration hosted by yours truly, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory .  Today, we’ve got a fascinating episode featuring my friend Salvatore Petronella from Labor Mobility Partnerships (LaMP). About Salvatore   Salvatore Petronella is a migration governance specialist focusing on the EU externa...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , a show about all things migration. Today, I’m delighted to welcome Elana Wong from the Civil Society Action Committee (CSAC) to the show to talk about multi-stakeholder engagement in global migration governance. About Elana   Elana is a young advocate for migrant rights, and civil and whole-of-society representation, cu...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast . We're taking a break from recording at the moment as we are in a particularly busy period delivering projects for several of our clients, but in case you were missing us, we wanted to make sure that we got this discussion to your airwaves ASAP. I really enjoyed this conversation with Julien Simon, who is Head of Mediter...

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your co-host, Aurore. Today, I'm joined by Fridah Ntarangwi, Founder and Managing Director of Zidi Circle to talk about how Zidi Circle is aiming to bridge the African diaspora venture funding gap. About Fridah Originally from Kenya, Fridah founded the first-ever diaspora entrepreneurship incubator out of the Netherlands, Zidicircl...

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your co-host, Aurore. Today, I'm joined Kemo Camara, CEO and Founder of Omek to talk about the complexity of the African diaspora and how a psychographic segmentation of the latter led him to found Omek. About Kemo Originally from Guinea, Kemo is the founder of Omek, a community-centric platform whose mission is to amplify the tale...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory - your independent migration agency. Today, we've got a true rockstar of the migration and development field, Sonia Plaza, on the show to share her insights and lessons learned from a long and distinguished career working for the World Bank in the field of migratio...

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley. Today, we're delighted to welcome Jenny Wright from the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Tunisia country office on the show to talk about the integration of international migrants in Tunisia. About Jenny Jenny Wright has been either working or volunteering with migration and migrants s...

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory. Today, I'm joined by my friend Asier Ansorena, Senior Change Leader at Ashoka, to talk about diaspora networks and social entrepreneurship. About Asier Originally from Spain, Asier completed his studies in Economics and Political Science at the University of Michigan. He t...

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast , with me your host Loksan Harley. In today's episode, I'm delighted to be joined by Colleen Thouez, one of the foremost experts in the field of city-level migration governance.  About Colleen Colleen Thouez is currently a senior fellow at the New School’s Zolberg Institute, where she directs the Global Cities portfolio. She is al...

Today, we have with us Larisa Lara from the International Organization for Migration (IOM) - one of the true unsung heroes of the diaspora engagement field - to tell us all about the landmark summit on diaspora engagement that took place just three weeks ago in April 2022. About Larisa Lara Larisa is the Transnational Communities and Digital Communications Officer at IOM headquarters. Larisa ...

Hello and welcome back to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley. Really excited to present you with the first of a new season of podcasts about everything migration and diaspora. And what better way to kick off the new season than by bringing to your airwaves one of the foremost migration communicators and someone who I'd even place in the category of "migration in...

Hello and welcome to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast - a show about all things migration, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory . Today, we're going local. We're talking all about city-level migration governance with Lamine Abbad from the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and Fátima Fernández of United Cities and Local Gov...

Hello and you're listening to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast - a podcast about all things migration. Today, I'm thrilled to welcome human trafficking expert, Lori Mann, to the show to talk about trafficking in persons legal cases in which the victims of trafficking themselves are on trial as defendants. But first, about Lori. Lori is an independent consultant with mor...

Hello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, hosted by me, Loksan Harley, from Homelands Advisory, your independent migration and diaspora agency. Today, I'm delighted to be joined by Aurélia Donnard to talk about mixed migration in West Africa. Aurélia became Mixed Migration Manager for West Africa at the Mixed Migration Centre (MMC) in Dakar in August last year. She first joined th...

Hello and you're listening to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, powered by Homelands Advisory . Today, we've got Peter Kwok with us, who is the Chair of both the newly-formed Global Diaspora Confederation and the UK Federation of Chinese Professionals . Peter is originally from Hong Kong but has spent much of his career and life in the UK. In addition to his chairpersonships...

Good morning and you're listening to another episode of the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory . I'm delighted to present to you today a lovely interview with a team member and diaspora participant of the Connecting Diaspora 4 Development (CD4D) programme, which is implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in the Nethe...

A very good morning to you and you're listening to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, one of the fastest-growing podcasts on migration and diaspora issues in the world... probably. I'm delighted to welcome to the show, Almaz Negash, the Founder and Executive Director of the African Diaspora Network (ADN), an exciting network, based in Silicon Valley, that I've just joined as a member of the ADN...