Indian Labour Migration to the Arab Gulf States. The Impact of a Growing Interdependence
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With more than five million migrants Indians represent the biggest expatriate community in the GCC region today. To attain a better standard of living for themselves and their families they incur heavy debts to take up employment on the Arabian Peninsula, only to be at the mercy of their kafīl (sponsor) after their arrival. The sponsorship system, which is differently applied in every country of the GCC, results in exploitation and harassment that has no equal.
Dependent on the vast armies of blue-collar workers from South Asia but at the same time threatened by their growing numbers and demands the Arab Gulf states have so far resisted increasing pressure from the Indian and Western governments as well as international NGOs to address the migrants‟ grievances and to improve their working and living conditions.
Published in Vol. 42 No. 1-2 (2011): Internationales Asienforum, 21-46
Date
2017-07-04
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Published in Vol. 42 No. 1-2 (2011): Internationales Asienforum, 21-46
Date
2017-07-04



Published by Arnold Bergstraesser Institute