AKM Ahsan Ullah
Rohingya refugees from the Arakan state of Myanmar found their ways a number of times to Bangladesh to escape state-sponsored persecution. While there is no dearth of studies on refugees, Rohingya has so far received very little research attention. This article tries to understand the dynamics and s...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Faraha Nawaz, Diotima Chattoraj
Almost all countries in the world have now enforced coronavirus-related travel restrictions and border shutdowns. Migrant populations in the world are now considered the worst victims of COVID-19, and the spreaders too. This article aims to investigate the impacts that COVID-19 has on population mig...
AKM Ahsan Ullah
People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) are stigmatized and looked at negatively by people at large. Stigma, discrimination, and prejudice extend its reach to people associated with HIV-positive people such as health providers, hospital staff, as well as family member and friends. Studies demonstrate th...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Jayant K. Routray
Purpose This paper seeks to analyse the current poverty situation and poverty alleviation efforts of the NGOs in Bangladesh with emphasis on the impacts of two NGO programmes in two villages of Barisal district. Design/methodology/approach This research has employed both qualitative and quantitative...
AKM Ahsan Ullah
This paper explores the factors contributing to the migration process in Bangladesh. 197 randomly selected migrants and their families were interviewed at both destination and source locations using closed and open-ended questionnaires. The resulting data provided descriptive and analytical statisti...
Robert Stojanov, Ilan Kelman, AKM Ahsan Ullah, Barbora Duží et al.
People have long migrated for many reasons, often with a combination of forced and voluntary reasons combining to push them away from current situations and to pull them towards new situations. Bangladesh is one example where environmental changes have long been amongst the multitude of reasons for ...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Md Shahidul Haque
AKM Ahsan Ullah
Abstract This paper analyses the routes that Bangladeshi migrant workers take to get to Malaysia. This paper also tests the basic tenets and the applicability of networks theory with the empirical reality on the routes. In order to test it, the route negotiated by Bangladeshi migrant workers from Ba...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Ahmed Shafiqul Huque
Political hostility, unrest and flawed governance cause insecurity leading to demoralization, which triggers migration. There is a large body of literature on the determinants of international migration that highlights a range of factors to explain the direction and strength of migrant flows. For th...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Faraha Nawaz, Diotima Chattoraj
Almost all the countries in the world have now enforced coronavirus-related travel restrictions and border shutdowns. Migrant populations in the world are now considered the worst victims of Covid-19, and the spreaders, too. This paper aims to investigate the impacts that COVID-19 has on the populat...
Mallik Akram Hossain, AKM Ahsan Ullah, Md. Mohiuddin
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how a lack of policy attention has exacerbated the extreme circumstances faced by the Rohingya and how they can contribute to deterioration of their health, livelihood, and education, as well as their repatriation to their homeland. This article is based...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Jannatul Ferdous
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Mallik Akram Hossain, Diotima Chattoraj
While vaccines are being administered, World Health Organization's (WHO) recommendations for staying in quarantine, isolation, maintaining social distance, and lockdown are only measures available to combat Covid-19 at the moment The Rohingyas are not same as other ordinary people, primarily because...
AKM Ahsan Ullah, Mallik Akram Hossain, K M Baharul Islam
This book investigates the alarming of fatalities among migrant workers. The authors argue that migrant workers are often powerless and unprotected by national laws, unearthing new truths on migrant w
Muhammad Anwar Hossain, Md. Nazmul Huda, AKM Ahsan Ullah, André M. N. Renzaho
Over the last few years, the number of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has increased exponentially. On arrival, they experience poor mental health and psychological well-being. This commentary explores the risk factors and contemporary challenges that deteriorate Rohingyas' psychological well-being ...