scholarly journals (Pand)Economic Migration: An Attempt to Assess the COVID-19 Impact on European Migrant Workers Situations

2021 ◽  
Vol XXIV (Issue 4) ◽  
pp. 678-690
Author(s):  
Anna Barwinska-Malajowicz ◽  
Kamila Tecza
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Economic Migration

scholarly journals Combating Modern Slavery: The Strategy of Indonesian Government to Protect Migrant Workers

Global Focus ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-37
Author(s):  
Irfa Puspitasari ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Migrant Worker ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Transnational Advocacy ◽  
National Boundary ◽  
Modern Slavery ◽  
Advocacy Network ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Migrant

Economic migration create opportunities as well as humanitarian challenge. People travel across national boundary looking for work in the country destination. They would benefit their hosted as well as sending high amount of remittance for home. However, those dream were not applicable to all economic migrant when some of them fall victim into human trafficking. This research would investigate the strategy as well as challenges by Indonesia government and NGOs to promote protection of Indonesian migrant worker. It is imperative to evaluate state policies, state diplomacy, transnational advocacy network, and the nature of companies as agent of service provider. It would show how current practices and law has loopholes that create challenges for public private partnership to provide adequate support for Indonesian migrant worker. Investigation is conducted through interview, observation and literature review. The struggle to end modern slavery shall be one among priority in protecting civilian abroad, if the government is serious to minimize economic inequality and to change itself into welfare nation.

Is money always the most important thing? Polish construction workers in Ireland

2018 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alicja Bobek ◽  
James Wickham ◽  
Elaine Moriarty ◽  
Justyna Salamońska
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Panel Study ◽  
Construction Workers ◽  
Celtic Tiger ◽  
Family Issues ◽  
Complex Picture ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
Initial Move

Migrant workers in the construction industry are often taken to be motivated purely by short-term financial gains. The dramatic influx of Polish workers into the Irish building industry during the Celtic Tiger boom thus appears a clear case of economic migration. A qualitative panel study (2008–2013) which interviewed Polish construction workers through the boom and subsequent recession reveals a more complex picture. Migrants’ initial move to Ireland was sometimes motivated partly by non-financial concerns such as the desire for new experiences. When the construction industry crashed, many migrants did leave Ireland, but interviews with them back in Poland showed that family issues such as children’s education had been important. Many migrants remained in Ireland, sometimes facilitated by access to unemployment benefits. The Polish construction workers included some with technical and professional qualifications and these appear more likely to have stayed in Ireland. This decision often involved re-training for a new career and was motivated by new social relationships and a perceived better quality of life. These findings suggest that the issues raised by contemporary lifestyle migration are relevant even for some construction workers.

Uwarunkowania i konsekwencje migracji zarobkowych z Polski do innych państw Unii Europejskiej w perspektywie społeczno-ekonomicznej

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (14) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Author(s):  
Michał Kubiak
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Family Policy ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
Migration Strategy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Free Movement Of Persons

The subject of this article is the question of the social consequences of economic migration. Migrant workers contribute to growth and development in theircountries but in the long term perspective mass migrations of citizens abroad may causeserious social crisis. Migrations are a serious threat to family policy, employment policy andsocial security of citizens. Migration strategy the state should find a solution which on the onehand will make use of the gains offered by the free movement of persons on the other handwill stop the negative social effects of migration.

Conclusion and policy implications

2019 ◽  
pp. 103-114
Author(s):  
Eva A. Duda-Mikulin
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Women Migrants ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Potential Break ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Gendered Migration

Finally, this ultimate chapter offers conclusions and policy implications that are relevant to EU migrant workers who are women within the context of Brexit. The book’s contribution to migration theory, economic migration, gendered migration and debates on Brexit from social policy perspective is offered here. This book offers important insights in relation to EU women migrants in light of Brexit. Policy recommendations with reference to British authorities but also the authorities of migrants’ sending countries are outlined. These are also relevant to the authorities of other EU member states, particularly the EU8 and EU2 countries. This research is relevant to a wider European context for several reasons. The potential break-up of the UK is one of them. Other European countries have also experienced deep divisions and consider holding a referendum about independence. In some EU countries anti-EU sentiment has increased and thus their future in the EU is uncertain and perhaps also depends on how the UK manages this transition. These divisions and increased hostility directed towards the European Union demonstrate that Europe is divided and many countries look inwards for protectionist measures hence nationalism is on the rise.

The Value of Grassroots English for Bangladeshi Migrants to the Middle East

2021 ◽  
pp. 165-185
Author(s):  
Qumrul Hasan Chowdhury ◽  
Elizabeth J. Erling
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
English Language ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Language Skills ◽  
Vulnerable Communities ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economic Migration ◽  
Bangladeshi Migrants ◽  
Insight Into

This chapter, based on a research in rural Bangladesh, investigates the value of grassroots English for the Bangladeshi migrant workers in the Middle East, and sheds light on some of the methodological and ethical issues relevant to the findings. The chapter draws insights from the narratives of three participants and argues that it is difficult to establish a straightforward relationship between grassroots English/language skills and successful economic migration because of issues like global inequality, and the social and psychological costs of economic migration should also be considered. The chapter provides useful sociolinguistic insight into the value of English in a grassroots area of growing importance, economic migration, which is relatively under-explored. It also describes the methodological and ethical complexities of working with vulnerable communities, such as low/semi-skilled economic migrants, while also throwing into relief the value of gaining insight into their experiences, language practices and reflections.

Pilgrims in the 'Unholy Land': Asian Migrant Workers in Jordan

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Patterson
Keyword(s):  
Migrant Workers
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