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Forced Migrant Labourers: A Study of Abandonment, Desertion and ‘Strandedness’ in Nepal.

Funder: Gerda Henkel Stiftung
Duration: January 2024 - December 2024

This project aims to better understand forced migrant labourers’ situations ‘in limbo’ when they are stranded in transit and destination countries.

People

Name Telephone Email Office
Dr Ayushman Bhagat Dr Ayushman Bhagat
Lecturer in Political Geography
E: ayushman.bhagat@brunel.ac.uk
ayushman.bhagat@brunel.ac.uk

Outputs

Bhagat, A. (2025) 'The autonomy of migration as travelling theory: Situated principles from Nepal'. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 0 (ahead of print). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 0263-7758 Open Access Link

Journal article

Bhagat, A. (2025) 'BLAs in domestic work'. Place of publication: The Kathmandu Post. Available at: https://kathmandupost.com/columns/2025/07/15/blas-in-domestic-work.Open Access Link

Report

Bhagat, A. (2024) 'Reducing vulnerability to exploitation of Nepali migrant domestic workers'. Place of publication: Brunel University London. Available at: https://brunel.figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Reducing_Vulnerability_to_Exploitation_of_Nepali_Migrant_Domestic_Workers/26892934/1?file=48931666.Open Access Link

Report

Bhagat, A., Sita, M. and Rajib, N. (2024) 'Who Benefits from Migration Bans?'. The Kathmandu Post.Open Access Link

Journal article

Mademba, S., Neupane, R. and Bhagat, A. (2024) 'नेपाली महिलामा जातीय दासत्वको खिल'. Kantipur.Open Access Link

Journal article

Neupane, R., Mademba, S. and Bhagat, A. (2024) 'आधुनिक दासत्वको नयाँ भाषा'. Kantipur.Open Access Link

Journal article