Labour market trends analysis and labour migration from South Asia to Gulf cooperation council countries, India, and Malaysia
Contributors: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
Publisher: ILO Country Office for Nepal; GDC Country Office Nepal, GIZ
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Kathmandu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
ISBN-13: 9789221296126; 9789221296133
Subjects: Labor market; South Asian Foreign workers; Migrant labor; Labor supply; Migrant worker; Labour market analysis; Labour migration; International migration; Migration policy; Workers rights; Human rights; Legal aspect; Bangladesh; India; Kuwait; Malaysia; Nepal; Pakistan; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; United Arab Emirates; Travailleur migrant; Analyse du marché du travail; Migrations de main-d'oeuvre; Migration internationale; Politique migratoire; Droits des travailleurs; Droits de l'homme; Aspect juridique; Inde; Koweït; Malaisie; Népal; Arabie saoudite; Emirats arabes unis; Trabajador migrante; Análisis del mercado de mano de obra; Migraciones laborales; Migración internacional; Política migratoria; Derechos de los trabajadores; Derechos humanos; Aspecto jurídico; Malasia; Pakistán; Arabia Saudita; Emiratos Arabes Unidos
Description: This labour market trends analysis was conducted to better understand the characteristics and dynamics of the labour migration process in the countries to where they are bound. Such insight is intended to lead to better protection of migrants and to help maximize the economic benefits from migration for all parties and ultimately to help improve the experience of South Asian migrant workers going abroad for employment. The majority of South Asian migrant workers (from Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal) journey abroad for jobs in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries of Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) but also to jobs in India and Malaysia. The labour market trends analysis entailed a series of studies in the six major countries of destination (India, Kuwait, Malaysia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE) to determine the current labour migration framework conditions and assess future demand. Then a series of studies in countries of origin was conducted to describe their migration profiles in the context of the destination countries studies. This report is a consolidation and analysis of the findings from the six individual destination country studies and related literature. The studies examined the labour demand in countries of destinations, the present and emerging relationships between national economies, employment characteristics and labour demand and how various migrant labour policies translate into different forms of preference or restriction. The actual characteristics of migrant labour in countries of destinations, the filtering and distorting mechanisms of the recruitment mechanisms and the way the migrant labour preparation and recruitment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-68).

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Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Labour migration from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan; title: 3. Labour migration policies in countries of destination; title: 4. Recruitment and selection practices; title: 5. Trends and their implications for demand of South Asian labour migrants; title: Recommendations.