Migration in South Asia : IMISCOE Regional Reader.
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| Language: | English |
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2023.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | IMISCOE Research Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Contributors
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Part I: Governance and Mobility: Retrospect and Prospect
- Chapter 1: Migration in South Asia: Old and New Mobilities
- 1.1 South Asian Migration: Changing Patterns and Dynamics
- 1.2 Remittances
- 1.3 COVID-19 and Its Aftermath: Implications for South Asian Migration
- 1.4 Organization of the Reader
- References
- Chapter 2: Internal and Forced Migration and Economic Development in South Asia
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Internal Migration Within Countries of South Asia
- 2.3 Migration and Economic Development in South Asia
- 2.4 Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South Asia
- 2.4.1 Historical Contexts
- 2.4.2 Existing Forced Migration Statistics
- 2.4.3 Present Situation and the Future of Forced Migration
- 2.5 Conclusion and Policy Recommendations
- References
- Chapter 3: Non-traditional Migration in South Asia
- 3.1 Background
- 3.2 Setting the Scene
- 3.3 Theorizing NTM
- 3.4 Non-traditional Migration
- 3.5 MM2H (Second Home)
- 3.6 Citizenship by Investment
- 3.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4: International Migration in Bangladesh: A Political Economic Overview
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Migration History in Bangladesh
- 4.3 Migration in Contemporary Bangladesh
- 4.4 The Role of the State in Migration in Bangladesh
- 4.5 Legal and Institutional Mechanisms for Migration Management
- 4.6 Laws
- 4.7 Five Year Plans
- 4.8 Migration Diplomacy
- 4.9 Cooperation (MoC) with Japan in 2018
- 4.10 Migration Governance Abroad
- 4.11 Financial Services for the Migrants
- 4.12 COVID19 Responses of the State
- 4.13 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 5: Labour Migration from Nepal: Trends and Explanations
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Nepal -Changing Trends of Migration
- 5.3 Migration to India.
- 5.4 Migration to Countries Other than India (Mainly Gulf Countries and Malaysia)
- 5.5 Migration to Developed Countries
- 5.6 Covid-19 Pandemic and Emigration from Nepal
- 5.7 Composition of Migrants in Different Streams
- 5.8 Explaining Migration for Work from Nepal
- 5.9 Push and Pull Factors
- 5.10 Other Explanations of Migration
- 5.11 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 6: Navigating Between Nation and Civilization: Regimes of Citizenship and Migration Under Bharatiya Janata Party
- 6.1 Civilizational Nation
- 6.2 Nation's Civilizational Base
- 6.2.1 Land and Its People
- 6.2.2 The World Outside
- 6.2.3 The Unassimilable Other
- 6.3 Nationalizing Civilization
- 6.3.1 Assimilation/Liberation
- 6.3.2 Deferred War of Civilizations
- 6.4 Citizenship Regimes
- References
- Chapter 7: Understanding Temporary Labour Migration Through the Lens of Caste: India Case Study
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Data and Methods
- 7.3 Results and Discussion
- 7.3.1 Pattern of Temporary Labour Migration
- 7.3.2 Caste as a Determinant of Temporary Labour Migration
- 7.4 Discussion and Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 8: Attraction and Detraction: Migration Drivers in Bhutan
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Literature on Migration Drivers
- 8.2.1 Internal Migration in Asia
- 8.2.2 Internal Migration in Bhutan
- 8.3 Discussion on Migration Drivers
- 8.3.1 Attracting Forces
- 8.3.2 Educational Opportunities
- 8.3.3 Employment Opportunities
- 8.3.4 Detracting Forces
- 8.3.5 Lack of Market Access
- 8.3.6 Food Insecurity
- 8.3.7 Lack of Access to Water
- 8.3.8 Agricultural/Wild Interface
- 8.3.9 Other Considerations
- 8.4 Impact of COVID-19 to the Study Area
- 8.5 Conclusions
- References
- Part II: Family, Health and Demographics
- Chapter 9: An Analysis of the Impact of International Remittances on Child Education: Evidence from Pakistan.
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Migration and Remittances in Pakistan
- 9.3 Data and Estimation
- 9.4 Estimated Results and Findings
- 9.5 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 10: Female Migration and Stay-Behind Children in Bangladesh
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Methodology
- 10.3 Female Migrants: Socio-demographic Profiles
- 10.4 Wages and Remittances of Female Migrants
- 10.5 Caregiving to Unaccompanied Children
- 10.6 Educational Attainment of Unaccompanied Children
- 10.7 Healthcare of Unaccompanied Children
- 10.8 Psychosocial Impact on Unaccompanied Children
- 10.9 Conclusion
- References
- Part III: Forced Migration
- Chapter 11: A Threat or an Opportunity? Internal Migration in the Context of Climate Extremes in Pakistan
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Migration and Climate Change Relationship - Literature Review
- 11.3 Data Collection
- 11.4 Study Areas
- 11.5 Results and Discussion
- 11.5.1 Climate Extremes Events - Who Migrates and Why
- 11.5.2 Climate-Induced Displacement and Migration Typologies
- 11.5.3 Climate-Induced Migration Outcomes - Threat or Opportunity?
- 11.6 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 12: Local Expert Perceptions of Creeping Environmental Changes and Responses in Maldives
- 12.1 Introduction
- 12.2 Methodology
- 12.3 Results
- 12.3.1 Environmental Changes
- 12.4 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies
- 12.5 Climate Migration?
- 12.6 Discussion
- 12.7 Conclusion
- References
- Chapter 13: From Muhājir to Āwāra: Figures of Migration and Exile Among Afghans
- 13.1 Afghan Refugees: Decades of Displacement
- 13.2 Evolving Terminology: The Figure of the āwāra
- 13.3 Who Is Comfortable with the Term muhājir?
- 13.4 Āwāragi and the Experience of Iran
- 13.5 She Proceeds
- 13.6 Why Not muhājir, mosāfer, panāhenda?
- 13.7 Going West
- 13.8 A Non-parochial Sense of Belonging.
- 13.9 Āwāragi, Towards Cosmopolitanism from Bellow?
- References
- Chapter 14: Health Beyond Borders: Migration and Precarity in South Asia
- 14.1 Introduction
- 14.2 Migration in South Asia
- 14.3 Migrants' Health and Its Determination
- 14.3.1 Migrants' Work and Health
- 14.3.2 Social Inequalities and Health
- 14.3.3 'Migrant' Identity, Transience and Health
- 14.4 Discussion
- References
- Chapter 15: Migration, Development Within the SAARC Framework: Towards a Migration Governance Model of the Future
- 15.1 History of South Asia: A History of Mobility
- 15.2 Refugees, Forced Migration and Undocumented Migration in South Asia
- 15.3 Challenges to Free Movement in South Asia
- 15.4 Opportunities and Challenges to Free Movement: the EU, ECOWAS and Mercosur
- 15.5 A Way Forward Through SAARC
- References.