Vol. VI
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Journal of Migration Affairs
Sept 2023 & March 2024
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Pandemic-linked Vulnerabilities for Forced Migrants: The Increase in Gender-based Violence in the Arab World
In less than a year, the COVID-19 pandemic has had devastating outcomes for global public health. As of 24 September 2020, close to 32 million cases of COVID-19 were reported around the world.1 International humanitarian organisations, UN agencies, grassroots organisations, experts and researchers alike have warned that individuals in displaced communities, refugee camps or conflict settings are at a higher risk of contracting and spreading the virus (UNHCR 2020).
READ MOREReturn Migration amidst a Pandemic: Reflections on Kerala’s Gulf Migration
Over the past few months, there has been a profusion of discussions and debates, in digital as well as print media, regarding the grim impact of COVID-19 on Kerala’s Gulf expatriates— a community of 2.1 million in the petro-monarchies of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE (Rajan and Zachariah 2018).
READ MOREOut-Migration from the North-Eastern States of India : Evidence from Census 2011
The north-eastern (NE) region of India consists of eight states: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura. These peripheral states are connected with the rest of India, often called ‘mainland’ India in common parlance, by a narrow piece of land only 21 kilometres wide in parts—a corridor popularly known as the Chicken’s Neck or the Siliguri Corridor.
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An Overview of Out-Migration from Uttar Pradesh Using Census 2011
Uttar Pradesh is the most populous state in the country, with a population size of around 200 million (199, 812, 341 persons), and constitutes around 16.52 per cent of the total population of India. The state also has a very high population density of 828 per sq km compared to the national average of 382 per sq km (Census 2011). Regional imbalances, very high level of unemployment and widespread poverty are well-established characteristics of the state.
READ MORE2011 Census Snapshot Out-Migration from Bihar: Major Reasons and Destinations
The overall development scenario in Bihar has always put the state in a spotlight in debates on regional imbalances, economic development, poverty etc. The backwardness of this eastern state can be attributed to various factors, such as very low agricultural output coupled with a high dependence on agriculture, a hugely skewed distribution of land with landlessness being widespread among peasants, lack of industrialisation, high population growth etc.
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Issue: 1&2
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