Abstract
Return migration is an integral and significant element in the cycle of international migration. In recent years, it has received increased focus from host and origin countries because both groups are interested in leveraging return migration to their economic advantage. Research has increased the pressure on developing countries to adopt good governance as a strategy has been increasing enormously. It necessitates new discourses on the translation of the abstract theoretical notions on the role of institutional governance into more practical terms. Migrants were beset with innumerable difficulties while they were abroad during the pandemic. Nearly six lakh Indians were reported to have come back to India from different countries with the help of the Vande Bharath Mission, and among them, a third were migrant employees in 2020. Now Kerala has been confronted with two unprecedented situations- large-scale return emigration from the Middle East is the first aspect and the second is the demographic dividend of a large number of the youth population. The paper identifies the consequences of the fast-growing reverse emigration to Kerala from the Middle East and examines the possibility of suggesting efficient institutional policies to be adopted to uplift and reintegrate the migrants returned due to the economic chaos created by the spread of the virus.
Presenters
Shibinu Shahul HameedAssociate Professor, Economics, Senior Research Fellow, International Institute of Migration and Development and Associate Professor, PSMO College, University of Calicut, Kerala, India
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2024 Special Focus—The World on the Move: Understanding Migration in a New Global Age
KEYWORDS
COVID 19, Return Emigration, Institutional Governance, Rehabilitation, Demographic Dividend, GCC
