South Asia Migration Report 2017

Recruitment, Remittances and Reintegration

• Author(s): S. Irudaya Rajan,
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Pages: 368
• ISBN_10: 1315297884
  ISBN_13: 9781315297880
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Emigration & Immigration , Social Science / Human Geography , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Asian American & Pacific Islander Studies , Social Science / Regional Studies , Political Science / International Relations / General , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Social Science / Research ,

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South Asians comprise over 15 per cent of all international migrating population, among the highest in the world. The countries of the Persian Gulf are perhaps still the largest recipients of migrant workers. A unique economy has developed between these two regions, with all South Asian nations being major beneficiaries and featuring among the top twenty countries receiving maximum remittances globally.

The South Asia Migration Report 2017 is the first of its kind, documenting migration profiles, diaspora, recruitment and remittances, both in individual countries as well as the South Asian region as a whole. It also discusses skilled, unskilled and internal migrations.

The volume:

• includes on-the-ground studies from six nations: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Afghanistan;
• discusses public policy, effects of global recession on the region and its impact on migration; and
• examines the process of reintegration of returning migrants.

This book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of economics, development studies, migration and diaspora studies, labour studies and sociology. It will also be useful to policymakers and government institutions working in the area.