Senior Fellow at North South University, Dhaka. Also Senior Advisor of IOM Bangladesh.
Master's in Social Welfare, Dhaka University; MA in International Relations, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Formerly: worked in Bangladesh Missions in London, Bangkok and Geneva. With the International Organization for Migration (IOM): Regional Representative, Middle East; Regional Representative, South Asia; Regional Migration Management Coordinator, West Asia; and Director, Department of International Cooperation and Partnerships, Geneva.
From January 2013-December 2019 served as Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh; chaired the 9th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD); independent expert to the UN Committee on the Rights of All Migrants Workers and Members of their Families (CMW) and Member of the Migration Advisory Board, International Organization for Migration (IOM). Has published widely on migration and trafficking related issues. Awards and honours: IOM Director General's Award (2005); Honourable Mention for Robert B. Steward Prize; Dhaka University Chancellor's Award; the Grants Commission Award; and the Chancellor's Gold Medal. Interests include: migration, social development and trade issues.
Co-authored a book on "Migration Myth" Published by Springer in 2020.
Remittances serve as lifelines between migrant workers and their families back home, especially during a crisis. These money transfers provide efficient and effective safety nets to peopl...
La décision de fermer les frontières est une réaction naturelle face à la pandémie de coronavirus, et les gouvernements s’appuient sur de solides fondements légaux lorsqu’ils font ce choi...
El cierre de fronteras es una respuesta natural a la pandemia del coronavirus y los gobiernos tienen sólidos fundamentos jurídicos para ello, pero nunca se iba a poder detener el virus en...
Closing national borders is a natural response to the coronavirus pandemic, and governments stand on firm legal ground when they do so. But the virus was never going to be stopped at nati...
In a globalized world, migration is a fact of life that should be governed accordingly. To that end, it is time to establish what I call “Migration Order 3.0,” a new framework that would ...
We live in a rapidly evolving, hyper-connected world, where goods, capital, and people are more mobile than ever before. But, whereas countries have shown a willingness to cooperate on ex...
