About Us

RMMRU a center for evidence-based research and grassroots action. Since its inception in 1995, RMMRU has worked diligently to illuminate the potential of migration to initiate pro-poor growth and poverty reduction in South Asia. By cooperating with regional and global organizations, RMMRU continues to facilitate collaborative research that effectively integrates and links global migration discourse with regional grassroots programs in order to identify and eradicate the key issues affecting Bangladeshi migrants. RMMRU’s strong tie to local migration programs and role as an academic leader in migration discourse continues bridging the gap between scholars and grassroots trailblazers. Subsequently, RMMRU plays a key part in the development of effective and relevant training programs and workshops for potential migrants and migration-centered grassroots NGOs in Bangladesh. Additionally, RMMRU has engaged in over fifty primary research studies on refugees, internally displaced persons, stateless people, labour migrants and diaspora communities. These studies have not only contributed to the development of more effective programs, but have also significantly shaped migration policy in Bangladesh. Through ongoing programs, media campaigns, and research projects, RMMRU hopes to promote the idea that a well-governed and informed migration system will reduce poverty and benefit both receiving and sending regions and that migration is an important livelihood strategy to move out of poverty.

Mission and Vision

Vision of RMMRU

i. Increase understanding of the potential contribution of migration for pro-poor growth and poverty reduction in Asia.
ii. Initiate regional collaborative research to understand the links between migration and poverty reduction.
iii. Establish network with academics and activists of South Asia on issues of migration for policy advocacy at national and regional levels.
iv. Provide training, disseminate and promote the idea among young academics, professionals, grassroots leaders and NGO activists that well governed migration system can reduce poverty and benefit receiving and sending regions and that migration is an important livelihood strategy to move out of poverty.

Mission of RMMRU

To be the premier resource centre on migration, refugee, statelessness, remittance, trafficking and displacement issues in South Asia.

RMMRU works to illuminate the capacity of migration to initiate pro-poor growth and poverty reduction in South Asia