Nexus of armed conflicts and migrations to the Gulf
Migrations to the GCC from war-torn source countries in Asia, Africa and the Arab neighbourhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10279965 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Valenta (0000-0002-3332-4840, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, corresponding author), Jo Jakobsen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 22-47 |
| Publication date | 2017-08-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Middle Eastern Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-3206 • E-ISSN: 1743-7881 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00263206.2017.1365058 |
| OpenAlex | W2746285885 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Majority of temporary labour migrants in the Gulf originate in countries that are not involved in devastating armed conflicts. Migrations from conflict-ridden countries to the Gulf are not negligible, however, and they have been growing in the last decades. The overview of migrations from the major refugee-producing countries suggests that we may distinguish between different categories of mixed migrations; inter alia, migrants who migrated to the Gulf prior to, during and after the armed conflicts in their home countries. We argue that these migrations happened in parallel with the tremendous economic growth that the Gulf countries have experienced in the last decades. Of note, however, is that they also coincide with escalations of armed conflicts in several sending countries, which may indicate that some of these migrations are also the result of war- or security-related push forces. We also contend that the dynamics of migrations from countries in conflict may in addition be related to the foreign policies of the Gulf countries, which are often closely related to their treatment of different migrant groups
Armed conflict · Development economics · Economic history · Economics · Economy · Geography · Gulf war · Middle East · Nexus (standard · Political science · Refugee · Spanish Civil War · China's Global Influence and Migration · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Migration and Labor Dynamics
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |