Bangladeshi Migration to Singapore ― A Process-oriented Approach

This book approaches the field of international migration in the context of Southeast Asia with a focus on Singapore. It adopts a relatively new methodological approach to international migration of labour by linking different phases that migrants undergo in the migration process and by combining migrants in host country with their families in origin countries. This is achieved through identifying and addressing six key spheres of international migration: (i) migration policy, (ii) migration decision-making (iii) recruitment, (iv) migrants’ socio-economic experiences on foreign soil, (v) remittance process, and finally, (vi) emigration and empowerment at the migrant households. Combining original empirical research with existing literature on migration of labor in the region, it sheds light on Bangladeshi migrant group in the migration process and provides a holistic understanding of international migration of labor in the context of Singapore.?

Md Mizanur Rahman is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Institute of Asian Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei Darussalam. His areas of expertise include migration and development, diaspora engagement, migrant businesses, labor migration, migration policy and migrant remittances. He has conducted extensive fieldwork for his migration related research projects in a number of countries such as Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Bangladesh, Hong Kong SAR, Qatar, the UAE, India, Indonesia, Germany, Italy, the UK, Canada, and the USA. He is an Editorial Review Board member of Migration Letters, Migration and Development, Remittance Review, South Asian Journal of Global Business Research and International Journal of South Asian Studies. His recent co-edited books include Diaspora Engagement and Development in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong, 2013), Migrant Remittances in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong and AKM Ahsan Ullah, 2014), International Migration and Development in South Asia (with Tan Tai Yong, 2015), and International Migration in Southeast Asia (with Lian Kwen Fee and Yabit bin Alas, 2016). His research articles have appeared in leading migration and population journals such as International Migration, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Population, Space and Place, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Asia Europe Journal, Canadian Journal of Development Studies, and Asian Population Studies.