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Globalization and Governance Issues: Problems of Sudden Return Migration in Rural Bangladesh
M. Kamrul Hasan, Kazi Foyez Ahmed
Abstract

In recent, out migration for remittance is one of the desirable matters for rural youth in Bangladesh. The aspiration for out migration related to own employment and to gain economic solvency for individual or family level. Besides push and pull factors of migration, risk taking mentality to go abroad has been developed dramatically in rural Bangladesh for many reasons like demonstration effects of successful migration. Substantial number of risk takers became victims due to lack of proper information at local level, lack of humanistic guidance from the concern cross cultural authorities. The international and domestic policies of destination countries for unskilled and semi skilled migrant labour employment particularly in Saudi Arabia and other Middle East countries, and Malaysia has been changed in recent time. There are many reasons for sudden return such as lack of legal documents, higher tax burden, torture cum sexual abuse due to gender identity.  We have observed substantial number of rural people come back home suddenly. We have conducted field work at two villages of Cumilla district of Bangladesh to explore the causes of sudden return migration that negatively impact their socio economic status. We have documented several cases of return migration including recent migration events.  Every problem promotes opportunity. To harness those opportunities it is essential to find innovative pathway and explore to engage skilled cum trained Bangladeshi people in international labour market and decent service sectors. Present Government of Bangladesh has such vision. Lot of international and regional cooperation and governance issues in changing international labour market such as surveillance, humanistic view, quickness in decision making, alertness to care in right time probably the vitals.

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