International migration and the rural context in Sylhet

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This article uses material from a village in Sylhet to discuss some of the effects of overseas migration on the area. Studies of ‘sending areas’ such as Sylhet are important not only for understanding the migratory process, but also for a more balanced view of Sylhetis in Britain. Arguing that migration has not led to economic development in the area, I suggest that instead it has prompted ‘migration mama’ — a situation where foreign countries are invested in and glorified to the detriment of the homelands. This has far‐reaching social and economic effects, and is related to the hegemony of the international labour market as much as to the internal conditions of Bangladesh.

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