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Edited book

Migration and the Gulf

Date

2010

Abstract

The book is about labor migration to the GCC States, patterns, scale and policies, Sri Lankan migration to the Gulf, female breadwinners, domestic workers, migration and human rights in the Gulf, Kerala emigrants in the Gulf, migration workers in Kuwait, the international political economy of Gulf migration, remittances from GCC countries, remittances to kerala, labor camps in the Gulf States, Omanization policy and international migration in Oman. It is also about paradigm shifts in India’s migration policy toward the Gulf.

Number of pages

1-93

Publisher

The Middle East Institute

Place published

Washington, DC

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Keywords

Labor Camp, migration trend in the GCC, Policies for migration

Economic sectors

Occupations in services - Domestic work, Sales and service occupations - general, and Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations - general

Content types

Policy analysis and Support initiatives

Target groups

Policymakers, Public awareness, Researchers, and NGOs/community groups/solidarity networks

Regulation domains

Labour standards, Remittances and co-development programs, and Housing standards

Geographical focuses

Middle East, India, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, and Sri Lanka

Spheres of activity

Economics and Law

Languages

English