Labor Migration and Deskilling in the United Arab Emirates

2020 ◽  
pp. 125-142
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Labor Migration

scholarly journals International Labor Migration and Remittances in Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-180
Author(s):  
Renuka Kumari Karki
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Positive Contribution ◽  
Temporary Migration ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Foreign Labor ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Government

International migration and remittance are major areas of population and development. This study identifies the trend and destination of foreign labor migration in Nepal and highlights the flow of remittance status and its contribution to the gross domestic product in Nepal. This study is based on the secondary data collected from the various national and international organizations. Migration from Nepal has expanded tremendously since the mid-1990s, accompanied by a continuous broadening of the variety of destinations. Nepal has observed a rapid increase of absent population over census periods. International migration for work has changed significantly as is evident in the growing outflow of temporary migration of youths, both men and women, to work in newly emerging economies like Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates. Emigration has come to be recognized as an important factor both for changing ways of life of people and for the positive contribution to the nation’s economy. In terms of remittance inflows as percent of GDP, Nepal is the third largest remittance receiver in the world. Taking all these factors into consideration, the only problem with it is that; until now, the government only seems to have adopted policies to encourage youth to find employment opportunities and provide remittance in turn but not for them to invest in productive sector to create more jobs and to retain working age population within the country.

Labour Migration from Asian to GCC Countries: Trends, Patterns and Policies

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 36-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nasra M. Shah
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Foreign Workers ◽  
Upward Trend ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Gcc Countries ◽  
Consistent Increase ◽  
Over Time

The six oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are among the largest recipients of temporary labor migrants in the world today with non-nationals comprising about 47% of their population. The upward trend in labor migration to the region has been especially pronounced since the early 1980s. Asian workers from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, the Philippines and Sri Lanka constitute the major stock of migrants. The proportion of Asian relative to Arab workers has increased over time with the former group comprising about 60-70% of foreign workers in some countries. Data on annual outflows from sending Asian countries shows a consistent upward trend in labor migration during the 1990s and 2000s. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are currently the largest recipients of Asian workers. A majority of migrants are male. However, the number of female workers has registered a consistent increase over time as a result of the rising demand for female domestic workers. Among the male workers, half or more are employed in unskilled occupations in the Gulf. The migration policies of the sending and receiving countries are at odds with each other. Sending countries aim to increase the outflows, primarily to enhance remittance receipts and curtail unemployment at home. Receiving countries aim to restrict migrant inflows and reduce migrant stock through concerted efforts towards nationalizing the labor force. Reconciliation of the above policies remains a challenge for the future.

scholarly journals Making Kin from Gold: Dowry, Gender, and Indian Labor Migration to the Gulf

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Wright
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Transnational Migration ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Indian Setting ◽  
Kinship Ties

Drawing on ethnographic research in the United Arab Emirates and India, this article explores relationships among Indian kinship, gender, and transnational migration through a focus on gold that migrant men buy for their sisters’ or daughters’ weddings. Gold, used as a key component of dowry, is often considered “traditional” in an Indian setting, but is actually shaped by liberalization, contemporary statecraft, and transnational migration. As migrants purchase gold for their sisters and daughters with money they earn in the Gulf, they express adult masculinity by being dutiful brothers and sons. This examination of Indian labor migration reveals how workers and their families understand migration as a way to build and maintain kinship ties, and how gold bought in the Gulf becomes a kinship substance that informs understandings of gender and family. शोध-सार  संयुक्त अरब अमीरात और भारत में किये हुए मानव-जाति संबंधी शोध के बिना पर यह शोध-पत्र भारतीय रिश्तेदारी, लिंग, और अंतरराष्ट्रीय प्रवास के संबंध का अध्ययन करता है, जिसका केंद्र वह सोना है जो प्रवासी पुरुष अपनी बहन-बेटियों के विवाह के लिए ख़रीदते हैं। सोना, जो कि दहेज का महत्वपूर्ण अंग है, अक्सर भारतीय समाज में एक “प्रथा” की तरह समझा जाता है। मगर इसका मतलब वास्तव में उदारीकरण, समकालीन शासनकाल, और अंतरराष्ट्रीय प्रवास से प्रभावित है। प्रवासी अपनी बहन-बेटियों के लिए खाड़ी देशों से कमाए पैसों से जब सोना ख़रीदते हैं तो वे कर्तव्य पालन करके अपना पुरुषत्व दिखाते हैं। भारतीय प्रवासी श्रमिकों का यह अध्ययन इस बात को दर्शाता है कि कामगार और उनके परिवारवाले इसे रिश्तेदारी बनाने और निभाने का एक तरीक़ा समझते हैं, और इस तरह खाड़ी का सोना एक रिश्तेदारी की वस्तु बन जाता है जो लिंग और परिवार के मतलब पर रोशनी डालता है। خلاصہ متحدہ عرب امارات اور ہندوستان کی انسیانیاتی تحقیق پر مبنی یہ تحقیقی مقالہ رشتہ داری ،  جنس، اور  بین الاقوامی  نقل مکانی  کے تعلق کا مطالعہ کرتا ہے جس کا مرکز  وہ  سونا  ہے جو   مہاجر مرد  اپنی  بہن بیٹیوں کی شادی  کے  لئے خریدتے ہیں۔  سونا  جو کہ  جہیز  کا  اہم حصہ ہے،  ا  کثر   ہندوستانی سماج میں  ایک  "رسم" کی طرح سمجھا جاتا ہے، لیکن  اس کو در اصل   لبرلائیز  یشن ،  ہم عصر  دور حکومت، اور  بین الاقوامی  نقل مکانی کے ذریعہ  شکل  ملی ہے۔  مہاجر  اپنی  بہن بیٹیوں کے لئے  خلیجی ممالک میں کمائے پیسوں سے  جب سونا خریدتے ہیں تو  وہ   فرض ادا  کر کے اپنی مردانگی دکھاتے ہیں۔ ہندوستانی مہاجر  محنت کشوں  پر   یہ  مطالعہ اس بات  کو  دکھاتا ہے کہ یہ  مزدور  اور  ان  کے  خاندان  اسے  ایک طرح  سے  رشتہ داری  بنانے ،  اسے  قائم  رکھنے کا ایک طریقہ سمجھتے ہیں،  اور  اس طرح کا  سونا  رشتہ داری کا ایک  سامان  بن جاتا ہے،  جو   جنس اور  خاندان کے مطلب پر  روشنی ڈالتا ہے۔

Unofficial Citizens: Indian Entrepreneurs and the State-Effect in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

2011 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 122-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neha Vora
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Economic Freedom ◽  
The State ◽  
Business Elites ◽  
State Effect

AbstractBuilding upon theories of the state as an “effect” of multiple, sometimes contradictory practices and narratives, I argue that Indian business elites in Dubai play an important role in both bounding the state as distinct from the economy and legitimizing its power. I focus, therefore, on the forms of citizenship and subjectivity that are being produced in Dubai and how the legitimacy of the state relies not just on the recruitment of citizen subjects, but also on those who are excluded from belonging—like Indian elites in Dubai. Neoliberal narratives and practices of economic “freedom” by elite expatriates mask the ways in which foreign elites are complicit with the state in producing social and economic hierarchies that benefit both citizens and elite expatriates while maintaining a structure of labor migration that significantly disadvantages the majority of foreign residents living in the United Arab Emirates.

The role of various types of capital in transnational labor migration from the Philippines

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-466
Author(s):  
Simone Christ
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Symbolic Capital ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Nation States ◽  
International Labor ◽  
Philippine Government ◽  
Transnational Space

The Philippine government has been engaged in state-supported international labor migration for more than 40 years. Migrants and non-migrants alike are embedded in multifocal transnational lives as family members and friends are spread over different localities and nation-states. This study looks at the role of economic, social, cultural and symbolic capital as defined by Bourdieu (1986) in Filipino migration. The article analyzes the transformability of the different forms of capital in relation to labor migration. Moreover, the study asks how the four forms of capital are transferred from the Philippines to the destination country and back to the Philippines. Based on ethnographic data collected in the United Arab Emirates and the Philippines, the study concludes that having economic, social and cultural capital largely decides whether one is able to migrate and what destinations are accessible. Cultural capital is not easily transferable across the transnational space due to discriminating labor markets. After return, migrants have gained symbolic capital through the migration experience.

Serial Labor Migration: Precarity and Itinerancy among Filipino and Indonesian Domestic Workers

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 1230-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rhacel Salazar Parreñas ◽  
Rachel Silvey ◽  
Maria Cecilia Hwang ◽  
Carolyn Areum Choi
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Labor Migration ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Migration Patterns ◽  
Temporary Labor ◽  
Skilled Migrant ◽  
Migrant Domestic Workers

This article examines the mobility patterns of migrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates. It identifies and explains the emergence of serial labor migration, which we define as the multi-country, itinerant labor migration patterns of temporary low-skilled migrant workers. It argues that policy contexts shaping temporary labor migration, as they impose precarious and prohibitive conditions of settlement in both countries of origin and destination, produce the itinerancy of low-skilled migrant workers. We offer a holistic analysis of the migration process of temporary labor migrants, shifting away from a singular focus on the process of emigration, integration, or return and toward an examination of each stage as a co-constitutive step in the migration cycle. Our analytic approach enables us to illustrate the state of precarity and itinerancy that follows low-wage migrant workers across the various stages of the migration cycle and produces serial migration patterns among migrant domestic workers from the Philippines and Indonesia.

Ras al Khaimah: further archaeological discoveries

Antiquity ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 50 (200) ◽  
pp. 216-222
Author(s):  
Beatrice De Cardi
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
The State ◽  
Focused Attention ◽  
North East ◽  
The North ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

Ras a1 Khaimah is the most northerly of the seven states comprising the United Arab Emirates and its Ruler, H. H. Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qasimi, is keenly interested in the history of the state and its people. Survey carried out there jointly with Dr D. B. Doe in 1968 had focused attention on the site of JuIfar which lies just north of the present town of Ras a1 Khaimah (de Cardi, 1971, 230-2). Julfar was in existence in Abbasid times and its importance as an entrep6t during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries-the Portuguese Period-is reflected by the quantity and variety of imported wares to be found among the ruins of the city. Most of the sites discovered during the survey dated from that period but a group of cairns near Ghalilah and some long gabled graves in the Shimal area to the north-east of the date-groves behind Ras a1 Khaimah (map, FIG. I) clearly represented a more distant past.

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