Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SJHSS)
Volume-3 | Issue-05 | 601-608
Review Article
An Overview and Analysis of Nexus of Migration and Remittances: Evidence from Migration from India to GCC Countries
Mohammed Taukeer
Published : May 30, 2018
Abstract
The phenomena of labour migration from South Asia to GCC countries are
result of structural changes in the demand and supply of labours in the GCC countries in
the context of different time and space. The oil producing countries of Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC) is the largest destinations for South Asian migrant labourers. South
Asian countries mainly India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the largest source of origin
of migrants in GCC Countries. The huge stock of temporary South Asian migrants led
to largest inflow of remittances in origin countries. Among the South Asian countries;
India is the largest source for supplying of migrant labourers in the GCC countries as
well as top remittances recipient country. The labour migration from India to GCC
countries is recent phenomena began with incident of oil boom in the GCC countries in
1973. In the initial phase of labour migration from India to GCC countries was
dominated by Kerala but recently there are regional variations showed in the labour
migration from India to GCC countries. In these entire discussion, paper attempts to
present an analysis and overview of the nexus of migration and remittances in South
Asian countries with special references to India.