Full Description
This book critically discusses the multi-dimensional contemporary issues within the ambit of the driving forces, mechanisms, vulnerability, and opportunities of the intra-region human movement in South Asia. It covers different dimensions of cross-border migration within South Asia as well as internal migration particularly in India, reflecting upon both voluntary and forced movements. It traces the trajectory and past trends in migration in the South Asian countries. It evaluates the vulnerability of refugees and stateless vis-à-vis state policies. Issues regarding Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, Nepalese immigration to India, the crisis around Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, Afghan returnee refugees from Pakistan and Iran, resettlement of Bhutanese refugees are explored in the chapters. It also analyzes the impact on wage inequality due to emigration, the crucial role of social capital in migration decisions, and socio-economic vulnerabilities of women migrants in India.This book provides a clear understanding of international and internal migration in South Asia for students and academics, and a valuable resource for policy-makers and planners in development studies, regional development, and South Asian studies.
Contents
Part I: Conceptualising the Complexities in Cross-border Movements.- Perspectives on Intra-Region Migration in South Asia - A Reorientation.- Refugees in South Asia: Political Membership, Nation-building Projects, and Securitization of Human Flows.- Ordeal of Statelessness in South Asia.- Part II: Refugee Crisis, Repatriation and Resettlement: The Political Imbroglio.- The Rohingya Crisis: A Long Road Ahead.- Statelessness, Marginality and Influx of the Rohingyas: Impacts on Environment and Host Communities of Bangladesh.- Caught in the Crossfire: A Historical Case Study of Sri Lanka's Tamil Refugees in India.- Challenges to Returnees in Afghanistan: A Post-2014 Analysis.- The Impact of Resettlement on the Bhutanese Refugees: A Critical Reflection.- Pandemic and India-Nepal Migration.- Part III: Socio-economic Perspectives of Internal Migration in India.- In The Midst Of Dire Hopelessness: An Analysis of Poverty, Social Capital and Migration Behaviour of Kolkata's Rural In-Migrants.-Health and Life of Seasonal Migrant Women Workers Engaged in Sugarcane Harvest in Maharashtra, India.- Male Out-migration and Left behind Women in Uttar Pradesh, India.- Emigration, Economic Reform and Wage Distribution in a Small Economy.
