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The migration flows are likely to become more complex, ambiguous and competitive in the years ahead. South Asia is dwelling to well over one fifth of the residents which represents the most disproportionate share of working age population in the world. Regional poverty, natural disaster, law and order crisis and high unemployment joint with privileged life style, higher wages, greater human security and better employment opportunities abroad have promoted unparalleled levels of migration flow from South Asian to other regions of the world. This chapter discusses what are the causes and categories of migration? What are the remittances flows and how are the remittances used? The impact of migration strongly varies from one country to another country. What are the demographic, social and economic impacts including detrimental effects of migration and how has it affected the GDP? The chapter focuses on what migrants do with their income and to what extent are investments make in the human capital formation? The chapter puts emphasis on migration trap and explores what is the link between poverty and migrations? Another major issue covering in this chapter is human trafficking including gender violation and children trafficking. Finally, this chapter highlights the policy challenges to maximize the future economic and social development impact of migration and remittances.
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Sarker, M.M.R. (2017). Migration Flows in South Asia. In: Bandyopadhyay, S., Torre, A., Casaca, P., Dentinho, T. (eds) Regional Cooperation in South Asia. Contemporary South Asian Studies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56747-1_4
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