In November 2022, India and the UK announced a deal to grant up to 3,000 visas to degree-educated Indian nationals, aged between 18 to 30, to work in the UK for up to two years. [...] In November 2022, 3,900 Bangladeshis filed asylum applications in the EU – the third most common nationality from the Asia and the Pacific region to file asylum claims in the EU after Afghans and Turks. [...] The departure of nurses to work in countries offering higher wages and pathways to long-term immigration has worsened labour shortages in the health sector in the Philippines. [...] The number is likely to rise in the coming months, given the calmer waters following the end of the monsoon season. [...] The overall aim of the research is to critically assess the risks and needs of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and Southeast Asia across three thematic domains, with particular focus on the national contexts of Thailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia.
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