Nature and Consequences of Migration to Gulf Countries: A Study of Selected Rural Areas of Allahabad District in India
Nature and Consequences of Migration to Gulf Countries: A Study of Selected Rural Areas of Allahabad District in India

Author(s): Mohammed Taukeer
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Labor relations, Rural and urban sociology, Migration Studies, Financial Markets, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: Migration; remittances; development;
Summary/Abstract: The study of migration in the selected rural areas of Allahabad district of State Uttar Pradesh in India showed that migration is not economic matters but also social and cultural phenomena. Labourers are migrating from origin to transit destination and finally abroad through a well recognised pathway of migration. Social networks system determined to pathways of migration as well as system of economic and non-economic support for migration. Inflow of both individual and collective remittances giving contributed in the socio-economic development of villages as well as migrant households. The impact of migration created to migration based society which led to culture of migration from village to Saudi Arabia via internal migration to city of Mumbai.

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