India Migration Report 2016 Gulf migration

India Migration Report 2016 discusses migration to the Persian Gulf region. This volume: looks at contemporary labour recruitment and policy, both in India and in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries; explores gender issues in migration to Gulf countries; and brings together the latest field data on migrants across states in India. Part of the prestigious annual series, this volume will interest scholars and researchers of economics, development studies, migration and diaspora studies, labour studies, and sociology. It will also be useful to policymakers and government institutions working in the area.

List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. Acknowledgements 1. Deterritorialisation of Kerala: Economy, Society and Polity K. N. Harilal and C. S. Akhil 2. Resettlement of Indian Transnational Labour Migrant Families of Gulf: Questions of Income, Neo-liberal Subjectivity, and Oikonomia Shareena Banu C. P. 3. The Need for Systematic Reform in Migrant Labor Recruitment Ray Jureidini 4. Institutional Strengthening of the Offices of Labour Attaches in Gulf: Field Experiences from United Arab Emirates and Qatar S. Irudaya Rajan and Arya Suresh 5. Contemporary Labor Migration in the GCC Region: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities George S. Naufal, Froilan T. Malit, Jr and Ismail H. Genc 6. Living and Working Conditions of Migrant Workers in the GCC Abdoulaye Diop, Kien Trung Le, and Michael Ewers 7. Are India’s Policies Increasing the Vulnerability of its female migrants in the Arab-Gulf Countries? Radhika Kanchana 8. Coming to Qatar: A Snapshot of the Experience of Indian Labour Migrants Arjun S. Bedi, S. Irudaya Rajan, and Ganesh Seshan 9. Tamil Migrants in the United Arab Emirates Chitra Ranganathan 10. Protection of Labour Migrants at Destination Countries: A note on the Indian Community Welfare Fund T. L. S. Bhaskar 11. A Profile of 2nd Generation Indian High School Students in Kuwait Nasra M. Shah 12. Gulf Migration in a time of Regulation: Do migration controls and labour market restrictions in Saudi Arabia produce Irregularity? S. Irudaya Rajan & Jolin Joseph 13. The Micorpolitics of Indian Recruitment Agencies: India-Gulf Migration from the Local Indian Perspective Mary E. Breeding 14. Gulf migration beyond the economic lens: configuring the neoliberal self Laavanya Kathirvelu 15. Evaluating Population Estimates for Migrants in the United Arab Emirates: A Demographic Analysis of a Migration-Driven Population Katharine A. Allen 16. Emigration and Remittances: Results from the Sixth round of Kerala Migration Survey K. C. Zachariah and S. Irudaya Rajan 17. Contested Urban landscapes: Development-induced Displacement, Involuntary Resettlement and State Violence in Kochi, Kerala K. Indu and S. Irudaya Rajan 18. Cross Border Migration and conflicts in Assam Rikkil Chyramg 19. Appraisal of MGNREGP on Distress Migration in Andhra Pradesh Vijay Korra 20. Factors Associated with Long distance Labour Migration: A study on Bengali Construction Workers in Kerala Md. Selim Reja and Bhaswati Das

S. Irudaya Rajan is Professor at the Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. His recent works include Politics of Migration (with A. Didar Singh, 2016), Researching International Migration (with K.C. Zachariah, 2015) and Emigration in 21st-Century India (with Krishna Kumar, 2014).