International Labour Migration and its Impact on the Place Origin
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Central Department of Rural Development Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu
Abstract
International labour migration is seen in direction and destination with increasing
volume of VDC Homtang. Saudi Arab and Qatar have the highest proportion of
International labour migration than other countries. Mainly the local brokers have
organized the International labour employment and most of them have found cheated
during the course of migration.
The migrant's workers have managed the amount difficulty from different source
like, mortgaging of land, taking loan with interest and borrowing with relative. Most
of the migrant workers are unskilled. Due to the lack of higher education and proper
training, they face problem in language skilled are compelled to work as unskilled
manual workers, therefore they have been working abroad in lower wage and salary
due to less skills. Bank and friends are the major source to transfer the remittance to
their households. To buy and build the house has been the first priorities of using
remittance. Therefore, the labour migration has resulted in changing the living
standard, custom and other activities of the households in the study area.
The number of employer involved in general worker is high. Which include 118
persons and its share of percentage in 84.89 that was followed by security guard 7.91
percent, 5.03 employers involved in sales person. Only 2.15 percentages does office
boy.
Level of income for emigrant household has increased but expenditure also increased
respectively. Standard of living and quality of foods are raised of their family.
Unemployment, lack of agriculture land, unproductively and poverties are important
factor for emigration associated with origin. Likewise, high wage rate, easy
availability of unskilled works and no need for higher education other importance
factor associated destination. Some positive and negative impact also seems in
International employment.
