Migration and Development

Abstract

Academically speaking, migration has not been discussed intensely within a development framework until recently (Ullah & Haque, 2020). The seasonal flights of Siberian birds have long been associated with migration. When it comes to human mobility, however, migration has traditionally been viewed as a means of escaping unwanted situations in search of a more welcoming environment. Migration has existed since the dawn of time, but it has never occupied a substantial place in academe or policy spheres until today. Some countries formalised migration only recently. China, for example, did not allow people to move internally and internationally until 1979 (Xiang, 2016; Skeldon, 1996; Ullah & Hossain, 2014).