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The distinctive feature of contemporary intra-regional migration in Asia is that the volumes and directions of migration are relatively stable and sustained. The structural demand for migrant labour and the emergence of increasingly transnational forms of migration make labour migration an inherently dynamic, location-specific phenomenon.
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The fertility of the land depends on geographical location. Villagers in Gurail reported that a family of six to eight members would need between 400 and 500 decimal land for subsistence living.
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I have found several cases where siblings of local political and economic elites have had experience of Singapore migration. Other returnees, although usually from the lowest social ladder, see them as belonging to their own category.
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The Malaysian bari at the uttar para is the best example of such a case. Previously this bari received little attention from other villagers. One of the members of this bari went to Malaysia and later assisted several of his cousins to migrate there. This made the bari unique in the village, and gradually villagers have started referring to it as the Malaysian bari.
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The relative deprivation theory has been applied to several fields in order to model social behaviour (see Crosby 1979). Stark (1991) elaborated and modified the theory for use in areas of rural–urban and international migration.
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In my sample, there were few weaver and potter families, and all were Hindus. In the Hindu caste system, there is a tradition of following the occupation of the previous generation. I have found that they are unhappy with their traditional occupations.
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Rahman, M.M. (2017). Social Imperatives of Labour Migration. In: Bangladeshi Migration to Singapore. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3858-7_3
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