Migration from India to Gulf Countries: An Analysis from Root to Destinations

By : SK. R.S. Mahaboob Ali

Page No: 365-373

Abstract
This study examines the determinants of labour migration from India to the Gulf countries by exploring facts about working and living conditions of migrant labourers in Mumbai and the United Arab Emirates. Hence, field work was conducted in India as well as the United Arab Emirates between 2017 and 2019. The paper covered a total of 540 migrant labourers including 180 international return migrant labourers at root in Uttar Pradesh, another 180 migrant labourers from North India in Mumbai and 180 Indian migrant labourers in the United Arab Emirates. The methodology used in this paper is mixed method approach at root in Uttar Pradesh and qualitative study design at both internal and international destinations, namely, Mumbai and United Arab Emirates respectively. It was observed that internal migration leads to international migration; both types of migration are the result of similar economic and non-economic causes. Migrant labourers find similar working and living conditions in Mumbai and the United Arab Emirates.

Authors :
Mohammed Taukeer
Research Fellow, The International Institute of Migration and Development, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/PROD.2022.63.03.11