About SAMReN

• Exchange information on the nature and magnitude of internal and external migration flows and develop a database to assist governments in taking appropriate policy measures.
• Ensure observance of labour standards by sharing information and lobbying the South Asian countries.
• Help Governments to lobby concerned international organizations for better protection of migrant workers.
• Engage in policy advocacy and to provide inputs to policy makers to better manage migration.
• Provide board based and reliable information and options to the policy makers at national regional levels.
• Develop an information resource base of migration literature focusing on South Asia by South Asians and others.
• Exchange and build an information pool for stakeholders.
• Promote collaborative research to better understand the link between migration and poverty.
• Develop capacity of young academics, professionals and NGOs through training, fellowships and other means to better analyse and manage migration.

• SAMReN will be run by the Core Group comprising of members of at least five South Asian countries. Subject to availability of resources, the core group will meet at least once a year.
• Core group can amend the charter if and when necessary.
• The chairpersonship of the Network will rotate among the core members annually.
• The Chairperson will chair the annual meetings and represent the Network as and when required.
• RMMRU will act as the Secretariat of the Network.
• The Network will seek funding for its activities from various sources. It will also raise funds through regional collaborative research.

• SAMRen is operating a website for resource sharing.
• SAMRen has a Documentation Centre.
• Training workshop for Young academics and professionals on Social Science Research and Migration.
• Fellowship For Young academics and professionals on Social Science Research and Migration.
• Conference on migration.
• Publications.

• Individuals and institutions can be Members of the Network. It should be open to different categories of persons/institutions - trade unions, migrants' associations, academics, researchers, research organizations, NGOs, government functionaries.
• Core members of each country will act as focal point for the respective country.
• Membership will be decided/reviewed by the core group.
• Earn SAMReN membership 
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1. Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui, Chair, Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh,
2. Ms. Myrtle Perera, Marga Institute, Sri Lanka,
3. Mr. G.D.G. Soysa, Migrant Collective, Sri Lanka,
4. Dr. S. K. Sasikumar, V V Giri National Labour Institute, India,
5. Dr. Ravi S. Srivastava, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India,
6. Mr. Haris Gazdar, Collective for Social Science Research, Pakistan,
7. Mr. Rashid Memon, Collective for Social Science Research, Pakistan,
8. Dr. Ganesh Gurung, Nepal Institute of Development Studies, Nepal,
9. Dr. Jagannath Adhikari, Nepal Institute of Development Studies, Nepal

1. Dr. Shahdeen Malik,
2. Dr. Tasneem Siddiqui
3. Dr. C R Abrar,
4. Dr. Sumaiya Khair,
5. Dr. Mohammad Nurul Islam,
6. Mr. Amir Hossain.