Muslim migration to the west: the case of the Muslim minority in India
International migration has drawn much attention from social scientists in recent decades and large-scale migration has become a permanent and substantive part of global socio-economic development. There are many kinds of migration, from refugees to skilled migrants. The migration of highly skil...
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IIUM Press, International Islamic University Malaysia
2018
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/69026/1/AL%20SHAJARAH_Minority%20Muslim%20Migration.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/69026/7/69026_Muslim%20migration%20to%20the%20west_scopus.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/69026/ http://journals.iium.edu.my/shajarah/index.php/shaj/issue/view/54 |
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| Summary: | International migration has drawn much attention from social
scientists in recent decades and large-scale migration has become a
permanent and substantive part of global socio-economic
development. There are many kinds of migration, from refugees to
skilled migrants. The migration of highly skilled people from
developing to developed countries is known as the brain drain, a
form of diaspora based on high education, skills and talents that has
been a major point of discussion among different disciplines in the
social sciences. India has a very long history of high-skilled
migration, being one of the top three sources of migration today. This
paper aims to reveal the Muslim brain drain among Indian Muslims
since the abolition of ‘License Raj’ in 1990. To understand the
patterns of brain drain among Indian Muslims, literature searches
were conducted to obtain relevant data in two ways: (1) describing
the nature and consequences of brain drain on both home and host
countries; and (2) delineating the push-pull factors that lead high
skilled individuals to migrate to developed countries. The findings
revealed that many Muslims from India have migrated to UK and US
over the last three decades. Indian Muslims constitute a very
considerable proportion of population in the above-mentioned
countries, with a net population of about 200,000 in the UK, and in
the US 4% of the total Muslim population are Indian Muslims. Indian
Muslim brain drain is driven more by push-factors in India,
including religious discrimination and corruption in the public
sector, alongside pull-factors in the West, like political stability,
economic development, better career opportunity, high wages and
balanced workload. Finally, the study indicates that data available
on brain drain from various aspects are insufficient. More studies
are needed to increase the understanding of migration, which is now
becoming more complex among the Muslim communities. |
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