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  • Connecting and Disconnecting People and Places: Migrants, Migration and the Household in Sri Lanka 
    Hewage, P.; Kumara, C.; Jonathan, R. ; Annals of the Association of American Geographers, Vol. 101(1), 2011
    Migration can be domestic or international. The author examines the impact of both types of migration at the economic and social levels by surveying two sites in rural Sri Lanka. Findings of the survey indicate that ...
  • Decent Work, Youth Employment and Migration In Asia 
    Wickramasekara, Piyasiri ; International Labour Office, International Migration Programme, ILO, 2012
    This paper on is the first in-depth and comprehensive study on the situation of youth migration issues in Asia. It discusses migration trends and issues concerning young people in Asia - a region hosting more than 60 per ...
  • Distant Neighbours at Workplace: A Study of Sri Lankan Migrant Workers in Japan 
    Karunaratne, H.D. ; Department of Business Economics, Faculty of Management and Finance, University of Colombo, 2007
    Japan is a much sought after destination for employment for Sri Lankans due to high wages offered by the employers. Not many studies have been conducted on labour migrants in Japan, and this book seems to fill the void. ...
  • Exporting Subservience: Sri Lankan Women's Migration for Domestic Work in Jordan 
    Frantz, E. ; Ph.D. Thesis; London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London, 2011
    Sri Lanka is one of the highest suppliers of female labour for domestic work to the Middle East. This study attempts to explore the migrants’ experiences both at their home and destination countries through a survey in the ...
  • Foreign Labour Migration Prospects for Sri Lanka 
    De Silva, W.I.; Fernando, D. ; 2011
    Presently, the destination of over 90% of Sri Lankan labour migrants constitute the Middle East region. Other significant facts are that most of the labour is in the unskilled category, and females dominate in this category. ...
  • For the Sake of My Family: Sri Lankan Female Return Migrants 
    Bevring, J.L. ; Master Thesis submitted to Department of Social Anthropology Universitetet I Oslo, 2011
    Of the Sri Lanka labour migrants, over 50% are women and almost 90% work as housemaids and thus is an appropriate setting for a study on female migration. This study is based in Batticoloa, along the East coast of the ...
  • From Kuwait to Korea: the Diversification of Sri Lankan Labour Migration 
    Shaw, J. ; Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Vol. 15(1), 2010
    The author attempts to analyse the changing trends in labour migration in Sri Lanka, in terms of socio economics, household remittances, occupations, gender, and migration destinations. While female domestic labour to the ...
  • Gender Differentials in the Pattern and Determinants of International Labour Migration: Evidence from Sri Lanka 
    Perera, S. ; Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Vol.1(2), 2009
    Much attention has been paid to the impact of international labour migration on macro economic development and to the migrants as well, with female migrants dominating studies. This paper focuses on the pattern of gender ...
  • Gilded Cage in an Ocean Paradise: Sri Lankan Labour Migration to the Maldives 
    Gunasinghe, M. ; Law & Society Trust (LST), Colombo, 2013
    Maldives, having a total population of approximately three hundred and thirty thousand, acts as a hosting country for over hundred thousand migrant workers, with over fourteen thousand of them being from Sri Lanka. This ...
  • Growth and Structural Changes of Foreign Workers in Japan: Economic Implications for Sri Lanka 
    Karunaratne, H.D. ; Hosei University Economic Review, Vol.75 (3), 2007
    Foreign workers in Japan has been the lowest when compared with OECD countries, in the past. From around the 1990s the scenario demonstrated a slight change, with the number of workers showing a rapid growth, with Sri ...
  • International Contract Migration in Sri Lanka: Dynamics, Issues and Policy Implications 
    Perera, S. ; Sri Lanka Journal of Population Studies, Vol. 10, 2010
    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 ...
  • International Labour Migration from India, the Philippines and Sri Lanka: Trends and Policies 
    Iredale, R.; Doloswala, K.N. ; Sri Lanka Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 27(1&2), 2004
    With the rise in labour migration, most countries are laying down policies and regulations to extract the maximum benefits to development from such migration, while providing protection and security to the migrants. The ...
  • International Migration and Employment in the Post-reforms Economy of Sri Lanka 
    Wickramasekara, P. ; International Migration Programme, International Labour Office, 2010
    The setting up the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment in 1985 as a one stop agency to administer foreign employment was a major step in promoting and regulating labour migration. The open economy reforms in the early ...
  • International Migration Outlook - Sri Lanka, 2008 
    Jayawardhana, T.; Jaythilaka, R. ; International Organization for Migration; Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka, 2009
    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 ...
  • Is Emigration of Workforce a Foreign Exchange Earner or a Modern Slavery? 
    Bruce, A.A.A. ; Journal of Business Management and Social Sciences Research, Vol. 2(10), 2013
    There are several avenues whereby a country is able to acquire foreign exchange reserves. This article strives to study one such source, this being the earnings from workforce migration from Sri Lanka to other countries. ...
  • Labour Migration – Present Day Experience of Sri Lanka 
    Ruhunage, L.K. ; Economic Review (33) 4-9 July/December, 2007
    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 ...
  • Labour Recruitment to the UAE: Gaps between Policy and Practice in Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh and the Philippines 
    Migrant Forum in Asia ; Migrant Forum in Asia, 2011
    Private recruitment agents continue to operate a wide and profitable network which offer several services to migrant workers as well as employers, although several other channels provide similar services to access the ...
  • Lentils There, Lentils Here! Sri Lankan Domestic Labour in the Middle East 
    Gamburd, M.R. ; Asian Women as Transnational Domestic Workers - Chapter 3, 2005
    The paper traces the history of transnational migration, and gives the current status of transnational domestic workers with a discussion of the whole migration process. It also covers the support and assistance given ...
  • Linking International Migration and Development in Asia 
    Huguet, J.W. ; United Nationa, 2010
    The paper gives comprehensive coverage of the of the international migration process in the different countries of Asia, Sri Lanka included. It exposes the trends related to migration in both the host country and the ...
  • Migration and Household 
    Kottegoda, S. ; Negotiating Household Politics: Women’s Struggles in Urban Sri Lanka - Chapter 7, 2004
    This paper examines the migration of females from low income urban neighbourhoods, to West Asia, in order to determine whether or not such migration has been successful in household survival and social mobility. ...

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