POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Air India Flight 182, Indentured Servant, Modern Immigration To The United Kingdom
20 Apr 2013
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Middle east: saudi arabia, kuwait, uae, qatar, bahrain. Much of the migration to the industrialized countries occurred in the 1960s and after. From the north-central parts of india and the south. End of slavery labour shortage aimed to fill this labour shortage with migrants. Mainly in trinidad, guyana, mauritious, south africa and fiji (indentured labour) After 1965 loosening of immigration rules in north america. South asians form a significant portion of the unskilled and semi skilled labour contrast to how in north america most of the labour was skilled. Colonial period primarily indentured workers, contract workers and traders. Postcolonial mixed occupational structure (skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled migrants) Differences between the colonial period of migration and later migration. Differences between colonial and post colonial strands of migration. Esp in terms of unskilled and semi-skilled workers. Little more than 1/10th of bangladesh"s gdp made up of remittances. Colonial era different understanding and imagination of south asia following migration.
