GLOBALISATION: low-wage economic migration from India to UAE

Question 1

how has this increased the interdependence between regions?

Answer 1

UAE has labour shortages because of small population so they must recruit many manual workers from overseas

over 2 million Indian migrants live in the UAE, making up 30% of the total population

Migrant workers make up 90% of UAE’s workforce (mass low-wage economic migration)

Entry visas are tied to particular jobs, so there is always the risk of being deported when their contract ends, such as building infrastructure for high-end international tourism and services

Migrant workers send remittances to their host country, estimated at around US$15 billion