Abstract
The Global North has been undergoing a critical phase of demographic challenge which poses a different level of migration challenge to the Global North. The aging population in many parts of Europe has already exerted significant impacts on the social, political, and economic landscape. It is already impacting the labour markets, public debt and sustainability of welfare system that is prevalent in many European countries. This paper relates the aging with international migration, especially how it impacts the migration from India to UK, Netherlands and Germany which are three major destination countries for Indian emigrants, especially students and professionals. The median age of these three countries is above 40 and the aging process and its impact will be much more intensified in the future. The primary objective of this paper is to investigate the policy challenges arising out of independent female migrants to Europe in general and UK, Netherlands and Germany in specific. This paper relies on secondary sources such as various official reports and studies. It posits that independent female migration from India is relatively a recent phenomenon which will further intensify as the aging in Europe become a real issue affecting socio-economic life. Though the Common Agenda on Migration and Mobility (CAMM) was endorsed at the EU-India Summit in 2016, there are many more gender specific areas that need further attention with regards to reskilling to integration of return migrants for a better migration experience in the time of demographic challenges.
Presenters
Sadananda SahooAssociate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi, India
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Economic and Demographic Perspectives on Aging
KEYWORDS
Aging, Occupation, Gendering Migration, Migration Governance
