Disgraceful return: Gulf migration and shifting national narratives amid COVID-19.
Several Asian countries that encourage international migration of labour call their emigrants 'national heroes and heroines' because of their contributions to foreign currency reserves and subsequent national development. However, the massive involuntary return amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the hea...
| Published in: | Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 49; no. 20; pp. 5238 - 5259 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=174101305&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 174101305 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 1369183X 56F jtl: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies issn: 1369183X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2023 vid: 49 iid: 20 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 174101305 10.1080/1369183X.2024.2268987 ppf: 5238 ppct: 21 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.7MB tig: atl: Disgraceful return: Gulf migration and shifting national narratives amid COVID-19. aug: au: Rahman, Md Mizanur Luna, Sabnam Sarmin Raj, Pranav affil: Gulf Studies Program and Center, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar Department of Geography and Environment, Jagannath University, Dhaka, Bangladesh MIESPPU Institute of Higher Education, Doha, Qatar su: COVID-19 pandemic Emigration & immigration Health risk assessment Bangladesh Gulf Region (Tex.) sug: subj: Bangladesh Gulf Region (Tex.) COVID-19 pandemic Emigration & immigration Health risk assessment keyword: Bangladeshi migrants Gulf region Involuntary return migration ab: Several Asian countries that encourage international migration of labour call their emigrants 'national heroes and heroines' because of their contributions to foreign currency reserves and subsequent national development. However, the massive involuntary return amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the health risk associated with returning from virus-affected regions, such as the Gulf states, call the development narratives of migrants and migrant remittances into question. This study examines the experiences of Gulf return migrants in Bangladesh, focusing on their arrivals at the airport, their travels home, their receptions at the origin communities, their financial hardship upon return and the shifting development narratives in the origin country. The paper draws on primary data, collected through interviews of Gulf returnees in Bangladesh between 2020 and 2021. This study finds that the image of migrants as 'national heroes' is not only challenged during the pandemic but replaced almost overnight by a new one, such as 'COVID-19 super-spreaders'. This research reports that migrants confront with unpleasant circumstances during their return migration process that render their return to their country of origin disgraceful. The paper stresses developing policy measures to protect involuntary returnees from victimisation and disgraceful circumstances. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies is the property of Taylor & Francis Ltd and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies holder: Taylor & Francis Ltd dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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