The paper gives a comprehensive picture of the history of internal migration, destination cities, age and sex of migrants and the sectors of employment. It also covers the impact of such internal migration both to the ...

The crucial role played by the mother in the care, nurturing and education of the child is indisputable. This study is limited to assessing the impact of the migrant mother in the education of the child. Results of a survey ...

Although it was feared that the global financial crisis would have an adverse impact on the country’s labour migration and associated economic benefits, these fears were not realized despite an initial decline observed ...

International labour migration no doubt offered the poorer segment of Sri Lankan society a way out of poverty. This study is based on determining whether or not this is really so. A sample of migrant and non migrant ...

In recent times, several studies have been conducted on labour migration issues in Sri Lanka. Using the findings of such studies, together with data obtained from the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment this paper ...

With the increasing demand for foreign domestic labour from Sri Lanka, the recorded number of migrant workers was 1.5 million persons by 2006. Consequently, remittances of migrants showed a corresponding rise amounting ...

Migration has become an integral component of the socio economic environment in the country.The authors give a comprehensive picture of the migration scenario in Sri Lanka, outlining the many reasons for migration, types ...

The study covers thirteen countries in the South and Northeast Asia region, and discusses the transborder challenges of HIV/AIDS. Mobility pattern and HIV transmission which are seen to be closely related in disease ...

Migration as a phenomenon is not new to Sri Lanka, with the exodus of professionals in the 60s causing the ‘brain drain’, and other types of migration such as settlement migration, refugee migration, free, and irregular ...

The paper highlights the problems encountered by children of migrant mothers, through a study carried out in three administrative districts. Discussions with teachers, care givers, migrants’ children and religious leaders ...