Migration Governance Framework (Migof) and Milestones in The United Arab Emirates’ Migration Policies
Migration Governance Framework (Migof) and Milestones in The United Arab Emirates’ Migration Policies

Author(s): Burak Yalım
Subject(s): Migration Studies
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration; Governance; Migration Governance Framework; Migof; Milestones; The United Arab Emirates; Migration Policies;
Summary/Abstract: The Gulf is the third migrant-receiving region in the world after North America and the European Union (IOM, 2022: 25). Gulf Cooperation Council’s (GCC) oil and gas producing countries host the highest proportion of foreigners in the world. They became the centre of the south-south migration, specifically having temporary labour migrants from developing countries to solve the demographic deficit. The UAE hosts one of the GCC countries’ highest migrant stocks per population. The migrant community constitutes %88,52 of UAE’s 10,08 million population; only 1.16 million of UAE’s residents are local/ Emirati, and the rest, 8.92 million, are a mixture of high and low-skilled migrants (UAE Population Statistics, 2022). In addition, the UAE is in 6th place on the top destination list for migrants and the second in the list of top countries sending remittances with 43,23 billion USD in 2020 (IOM, 2022; 25-41). However, the Gulf region and the UAE are primarily understudied, and Gulf migration is a blind spot regarding migration governance.

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