Inequalities

The paper argues that despite the immobility imposed by the pandemic situation, Nepali migrants and their families continue to plan migration for a variety of social and economic reasons and that the current pandemic has reinforced the fact that while migration can be a personal decision, it is tied to and has strong family implications.

While Ghana-China migration has the potential to enhance livelihoods, reduce poverty and smoothen social inequalities, this is conditioned on institutional, policy and behavioural factors being streamlined.