Ahmad Wali Ahmad Yar

His research focuses on international migration, the integration of migrants, migration data, theoretical and data gaps in migration research, EU policies on migration, and migrant integration policies at the local level. Previously, Ahmad Wali worked for almost three years at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in the economic policy and GRID units. Ahmad Wali holds a master’s degree in Political Science from Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and a bachelor’s in International Relations from the al Farabi Kazakh National University. Ahmad Wali has also worked as an interpreter for the UNHCR and as a Public Relations Officer for Ariana Social Centre in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He has a keen personal interest in the history and current affairs of Central Asia.