International Migration: Challenges and Socio-cultural impacts of Indians in abroad
Author Name
V Harrieya
Author Address
V Harrieya, Research Scholar, CSSEAS, University of Madras, Chennai-5.
Email:
[email protected], Mobile: +91-8754456785
Keywords
International Migration, Re-Migrating, Social Value.
Abstract
The International Migration is based on Globalization, Economic Crisis, Social inequality and other reasons which happened by internal Migrants of critical to the livelihoods of people, especially the poor areas tribal people, socially deprived groups people. The Migrated labours frequently challenging and involves longer working hours, poor living and working conditions, social isolation and poor access to basic amenities because of the economic and social condition of their family.
In India, most of the middle class and lower class people are migrating to Gulf and Southeast Asian countries for different category of jobs; hence they are migrating with proper and improper knowledge and links. In this concern the both groups migrating based on family intention, which means, most of the people are migrating based on family situation and social presser, even though if have been some other reasons. for an example the people went to abroad from a middle class or lower class family through some agencies without any proper support and background for some years to do jobs even though if he not satisfaction, he may return back to own country because of disappointment.
In this circumstance, the employee who return from abroad he never shares with family about workload and difficulties were happened in working place, but their family and relations estimation of engaging luxury life and also enjoy themselves. The employee their money which he earned previously it will end and their psychologically will not engage to do the same job (whatever he did in abroad) in their own country because of their family relations, friends and entire society giving presser to forcing them for job in foreign country, based on social value of ego and prestige issues, in this circumstance many low category employees are re-migrating towards foreign countries for jobs. However, it must be kept in mind that migration is livelihood necessity and it provides gainful, productive employment to millions of our youth.
Conference
International Conference on "Global Migration: Rethinking Skills, Knowledge and Culture"