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dc.contributor.authorSASIKUMAR, S.K.
dc.contributor.authorTHIMOTHY, Rakkee
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-07T13:06:33Z
dc.date.available2012-09-07T13:06:33Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1814/23493
dc.descriptionCARIM-India is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union.
dc.description.abstractThis study explores factors that initiate and perpetuate low skill labour migration from India to the EU, examines the migration processes and evaluates the policy prescriptions available to manage such migration flows. Based on a survey of the available quantitative and qualitative evidence, our study points to the existence of a fairly stable and persistent demand for low skilled labour in the EU, at least in the medium term. As this demand cannot be fully met from within the EU, there is and will remain a strong demand for low skilled migrant workers from non-EU countries. This offers immense scope for traditional labour sending countries like India as well as destination countries in the EU to strengthen the migration–development nexus. Unfortunately, on both sides, there seems to be an absence of a coherent and focused policy for governing migration of low skilled workers. Considering that migration of low skilled workers from India is mainly directed to the Persian Gulf, the study also makes a comparison between the existing immigration policies in EU countries and the Persian Gulf in order to draw relevant policy perspectives. Evolving appropriate policy response in relation to low skilled migration to Europe is also necessary given that a significant share of such workers end up as irregular migrants in transit or at the destination.
dc.description.sponsorshipCARIM-India: Developing a knowledge base for policymaking on India-EU migration
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dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMigration Policy Centreen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCARIM-India Research Reporten
dc.relation.ispartofseries2012/15en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThematic Reportsen
dc.relation.urihttp://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.titleMigration of Low Skilled Workers from India to the European Unionen
dc.typeTechnical Report
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