Contributed articles presented at an international conference organized by DFID and Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka with reference to emigration and immigration in various South Asian countries for economic reasons

Remittances to Asia plunged during the 1997 Asian financial crisis, but the drop was temporary as the flows were increasing once again after just 1 year. The current crisis, however, is fundamentally different in that even the countries that send remittances have been adversely affected. The...