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View article: Understanding Temporary Labour Migration Through the Lens of Caste: India Case Study
Understanding Temporary Labour Migration Through the Lens of Caste: India Case Study Open
Temporary labour migration is known to be one of the most important livelihood options used by the poorest sectors of society in a variety of contexts, in developing countries, including India. Using large-scale data from the Indian Nation…
View article: Shock Mobilities During Moments of Acute Uncertainty
Shock Mobilities During Moments of Acute Uncertainty Open
The COVID-19 pandemic and interventions addressing it raise important questions about human mobility that have geopolitical implications. This forum uses mobility and immobility during the pandemic as lenses onto the ways that routinised s…
View article: Navigating Hyper- Precarity: Im(mobilities) during the Covid Pandemic in India
Navigating Hyper- Precarity: Im(mobilities) during the Covid Pandemic in India Open
The hyper-precarity, enforced immobility and invisibility of India’s migrant workforce have been starkly in focus since March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The papers in this special issue explore migrants’ lived experiences of mo…
View article: Married Women Migrating from Rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: Juggling Family Duty and Aspirations
Married Women Migrating from Rural Uttar Pradesh and Bihar: Juggling Family Duty and Aspirations Open
This article traces the experiences of accompanying wives who had migrated with their husbands from southern Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and returned to their villages during the COVID-19 pandemic. It dwells on post-marriage migration and work…
View article: Cultural capital and constrained agency in debt-migration for construction work in India
Cultural capital and constrained agency in debt-migration for construction work in India Open
Debt-migration is endemic in construction work in India, where exploitative social relations are an integral part of businesses’ capital accumulation model that can entrap migrants in forced labour and perpetual indebtedness. Drawing on co…
View article: It’s a Journey That Only God Knows: Understanding Irregular Migration in Senegal Through a Religious Lens
It’s a Journey That Only God Knows: Understanding Irregular Migration in Senegal Through a Religious Lens Open
The authors use the lens of religion to understand how migrants from Senegal embarking on high-risk journeys across the Sahara and the Atlantic conceptualise migration, cope with hardship and give meaning to their experiences. The paper ai…
View article: Human smuggling, gender and labour circulation in the Global South
Human smuggling, gender and labour circulation in the Global South Open
This chapter throws light on the functioning of infrastructures of smuggling along select irregular migration corridors in West Africa, South Asia and Southeast Asia. It highlights the complex relationship between migrants and smugglers an…
View article: Irregular migration in senegal faith, dreams and human smuggling through the desert and sea
Irregular migration in senegal faith, dreams and human smuggling through the desert and sea Open
The paper provides a bottom up view on human smuggling facilitation and the rationale behind extremely high-risk and complex irregular migration journeys from the Kolda region of Senegal across the Sahara and through the Atlantic sea. Inte…
View article: Stories from the Southern Route
Stories from the Southern Route Open
Between 17,000 and 20,000 Ethiopian men travel to the Republic of South Africa every year, mainly from Hadya and Kambatta via Moyale. Ethiopia has been a focus country for EU directives and IOM action plans to control irregular migration t…
View article: Migration, Brokerage, Precarity and Agency
Migration, Brokerage, Precarity and Agency Open
Globally, brokerage is widespread in migrant labour markets. Brokers fill the gap between
\nmigrants and the countries or places they are travelling to, and help migrants traverse complex immigration systems, border controls and labour ma…
View article: Internal Migration and Poverty: Evidence from Ghana and India
Internal Migration and Poverty: Evidence from Ghana and India Open
This briefing paper examines the links between internal migration, remittances and poverty based on analysis of national data for India and Ghana. Internal migrants outnumber international migrants by an order of magnitude and the total su…
View article: Ghana - Migration Industry
Ghana - Migration Industry Open
In recent times, the decision to migrate has moved from an individual level to a household level which is much complex due to the many social interactions within kinship networks and beyond. Middlemen and recruitment agencies have a signif…
View article: Migrant Smuggling in the Casamance Area of Senegal
Migrant Smuggling in the Casamance Area of Senegal Open
As routes and migrant profiles have diversified, so have the infrastructures of migration mediation. This research provides an up-to-date account of the structure and functioning of the Senegalese migration industry: the functions of actor…
View article: Brokers, Migrants and the State: Berri Kefach “Door Openers” in Ethiopian Clandestine Migration to South Africa
Brokers, Migrants and the State: Berri Kefach “Door Openers” in Ethiopian Clandestine Migration to South Africa Open
This paper examines the crucial role that migration brokers play in organizing and sustaining irregular migration from Ethiopia to South Africa. Brokers and smugglers assist migrants in circumventing layers of migration control and navigat…
View article: Internal Migration, Remittances and Poverty: Evidence from Ghana and India
Internal Migration, Remittances and Poverty: Evidence from Ghana and India Open
Drawing on data from population censuses and recent household surveys for India and Ghana, this paper demonstrates the importance of internal migration in comparison to international migration, showing that internal migrants outnumber inte…
View article: Brokerage in Migrant Domestic Work in Ghana: Complex Social Relations and Mixed Outcomes
Brokerage in Migrant Domestic Work in Ghana: Complex Social Relations and Mixed Outcomes Open
Rural–urban migration from the poorer regions of Ghana to the south is an important part of the livelihood portfolio of poor families. In the urban areas of the south, domestic work – which is typically low-paid and insecure – is an import…
View article: Emic Perspectives on Brokering International Migration for Construction from Bangladesh to Qatar
Emic Perspectives on Brokering International Migration for Construction from Bangladesh to Qatar Open
This paper presents an emic perspective on the drivers and outcomes of migration brokerage through a study of low-skilled migrant construction workers from Chapainawabganj – a district in the north-west of Bangladesh – travelling to Qatar.…
View article: Connection men, pushers and migrant trajectories: examining the dynamics of the migration industry in Ghana and along routes into Europe and the Gulf States
Connection men, pushers and migrant trajectories: examining the dynamics of the migration industry in Ghana and along routes into Europe and the Gulf States Open
This paper examines the inner workings and operational logic of the array of individuals, agencies, state and non-state actors, institutions and social networks that collectively make up the migration industry in Ghana. It sheds light on h…
View article: Capitalising Human Mobility for Poverty Alleviation and Inclusive Development in Myanmar (CHIME)
Capitalising Human Mobility for Poverty Alleviation and Inclusive Development in Myanmar (CHIME) Open
The “Capitalising Human Mobility for Poverty Alleviation and Inclusive Development for Myanmar”(CHIME) examined the relationship between labour migration, poverty and development in four areas in Myanmar: Ayeyarwardy Region, Mandalay Regio…
View article: Victims of trafficking and modern slavery or agents of change? Migrants, brokers, and the state in Ghana and Myanmar
Victims of trafficking and modern slavery or agents of change? Migrants, brokers, and the state in Ghana and Myanmar Open
The authors provide critical insights into the creation of precarious and unfree labour in Ghana and Myanmar by examining the inner workings of the migration industry and the roles of brokers, the state and employers in positioning migrant…
View article: Internal Migration and Poverty: A Lesson Based on Panel Data Analysis from Indonesia
Internal Migration and Poverty: A Lesson Based on Panel Data Analysis from Indonesia Open
Internal migration in Indonesia has officially been recognized since 1930 when the country was still a Dutch colony (World Population Year 1974). It was historically a kind of forced migration initiated to redistribute the population over …
View article: The making and unmaking of precarious, ideal subjects – migration brokerage in the Global South
The making and unmaking of precarious, ideal subjects – migration brokerage in the Global South Open
The migration literature is often underpinned by the idea that migrants are either completely ‘free’ agents, individually choosing how best to achieve returns on their human capital and resources (Sjaastad 1962) or ‘agents of development’ …
View article: Social Embeddedness of Human Smuggling in East Africa: Brokering Ethiopian Migration to Sudan
Social Embeddedness of Human Smuggling in East Africa: Brokering Ethiopian Migration to Sudan Open
This article discusses the migration processes and brokering practices that link Ethiopia and Sudan by taking into account the social, economic, political and cultural underpinnings of human smuggling in the region. The analysis is based o…