Life Satisfaction of the Families of Migrants in the Philippines

Oh, Yoon Ah

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“…Unfortunately, the issue related to the confiscation of workers' passports by overseas employers is still unaddressed. Therefore, in emigration, there are disruptive effects on both the emigrants themselves at their destination and on the family members left behind at home (Oh ). In the Indian context, there exists a knowledge gap of the actual impact of remittances on the well‐being of emigrants' family members.…”

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Blue‐collar Emigration from India and Governance

Heller

2015

Soc Policy Adm

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Indian expatriates numbering about 6.5 million, i.e. one-third of the Gulf population, have been engaged in skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled work since the time of the oil boom in the Persian Gulf regions. Putting monetary benefits to one side, emigrants' problems, such as false promises of recruiting agents, high visa charges, hurdles at workplaces and a defective system to address the grievances of Indian workers in the 18 Emigration Check Required (ECR) countries, are still unaddressed. With this background, the aim of this article is to concentrate on emigration from India to the 18 ECR countries listed by the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA), Government of India (GoI). The GoI has identified these 18 countries because they are not labour-(emigrant-) friendly, and are vulnerable to exploitation with regard to their labour standards. The article begins with conceptualizing 'emigration' in the Indian context. By focusing only on the ECR countries, the real picture concerning the situation of Indian emigrants is unfolded. These 18 ECR countries are almost the same in their treatment of blue-collar emigrants. So, only this category of countries is selected for this work. The following key areas are discussed in this article: the role of the MOIA and the respective state governments in supporting and protecting these emigrants and their families; shortcomings in Indian embassies' administrative structure in protecting blue-collar Indian workers; and the existing legislative provisions and welfare schemes for Indian emigrants working in the 18 ECR countries. In addition, the existing programmes at both central and state government level for returning and deporting workers are covered in this article.

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Blue‐collar Emigration from India and Governance

Heller

2015

Soc Policy Adm

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“…This kind of split household for an extended period of time is quite prevalent in many developing countries as a common economic livelihood strategy for many households (Mazzucato & Schans, 2011; Sulemana et al, 2019; Zentgraf & Chinchilla, 2012), in which one partner migrates for better opportunities, and another stays at home considering the uncertainty of employment opportunity and high cost of living in destination areas. This global phenomenon (Ivlevs et al, 2019; Perkins et al, 2011) is reflected in the context of transnational migration from Mexico to the United States (Heymann et al, 2009; Nobles et al, 2015) and from Africa to Europe (Mazzucato et al, 2015), as well as transnational and internal migration in Asian countries (Desai & Banerji, 2008; Gartaula et al, 2012; Liang, 2016; Lu, 2012; Nguyen et al, 2006; Oh, 2014; Paulone & Ivlevs, 2019). Studies on the impact of internal migration on Ghana and Chinese families have demonstrated that spatial separation of couples may increase the likelihood of divorce between the couple (Bhargava & Tan, 2018; Caarls & Mazzucato, 2015).…”

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Spousal absence and well‐being: Evidence from China's internal migration

Guo

Iacovou

Huang

2021

Population Space and Place

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This study analyses the linkage between spousal absence and the well‐being and health of married individuals who are “left‐behind” by a spouse who has migrated away from home for work purposes. As the influence of spousal absence on individual well‐being is underinvestigated, this study contributes to the existing literature by examining the effects for men and women in both rural and urban areas and further explores which group of population may be the most disadvantaged. The analysis is based on data from a nationally representative household‐based survey in China. The sample includes 26,355 married individuals, and 1,066 individuals are the left‐behind spouses. The empirical results show that spousal absence is significantly and negatively associated with well‐being of the left‐behind married men and women. An investigation into the interaction effects reveals that the negative influence of spousal absence is particularly problematic for individuals who have not received education.

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“…Whatever most of the research on migration has been done in economic development, economic growth and employment issues (Rahamanm, 2007) rather than their family perspective and life satisfaction of their family. Although remittance income maybe increases their financial condition in their household, such a contribution should be assessed against the disruptive effect of migration on other aspects of family life (Oh, 2014). Nevertheless, it's a debatable issue for the cause of migration but recent work on migration has been done in family perspective and their life satisfaction.…”

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Risk and Vulnerability of Migrant Labours from West Bengal and their Life Satisfaction during Pandemics of COVID-19: A Case Study

Mustaquim

Islam

2020

ARSS

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From the very beginning of human evolution, people start the migration. Over time due to the complexity of life and rapid transform of socio-economic situation migration is gaining importance in day to day life. Migration is defined broadly as a permanent or semi-permanent change of residence. Migration takes place from economically less developed places to better places. West Bengal ranks fourth among states from where people out-migrated. West Bengal has a 9 crore population an estimation says from 2011 census data 2.2 lakh people, had migrated from West Bengal to other states for work and employment. As per our data Fifty per cent, migrants are lives in three sate namely Mumbai, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu. Generally, they are blue caller workers that are urban natives are heated to do. They engaged in 3d jobs Dirty, dangerous and demeaning. We have collected the data of 5449 peoples of West Bengal over the different state from the secondary data source. During this outbreak of infectious diseases COVID-19 some restriction is imposed in daily routine social distancing norms are used to prevent the spreading of this disease. Due to sudden announcement of lockdown, they are jobless, homeless and hopeless. The analysis in the paper also indicates that 73% of migrant worker don’t have basic food for surveillance. 12% of people are trying to come back there native place. 7% of the worker is out of money. Everything makes the migrant under psychological, social and emotional strains.

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Life Satisfaction of the Families of Migrants in the Philippines

Cited by 8 publications

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Blue‐collar Emigration from India and Governance

Blue‐collar Emigration from India and Governance

Spousal absence and well‐being: Evidence from China's internal migration

Risk and Vulnerability of Migrant Labours from West Bengal and their Life Satisfaction during Pandemics of COVID-19: A Case Study

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