Remittances from foreign labour migrants constitute the second highest earner of foreign exchange. Such employment also contribute significantly to reducing the unemployment rate in the country. It would thus be in the ...

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 ...

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. ...

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. ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...