Published 2022 | Version v1
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MIGNEX Case Study Brief PAK1 - Migration and development dynamics in Chot Dheeran, Pakistan

  • 1. Peace Research Institute Oslo

Description

Transnational ties are strong in Chot Dheeran, where international out-migration shapes local development. Yet the impacts of migration often reflect socio-economic disparity and perceptions are mixed.

Key Takeaways

  • International out-migration – largely to Europe – shapes ideas about the future, livelihoods, standards of wealth, ambition and life satisfaction.
  • Very few legal pathways to Europe mean that most migrate irregularly. Nearly one in five young adults (18%) have experienced a failed migration attempt.
  • Some 38% of young men do not think that they will be living in Chot Dheeran in five years – and almost all of these men (94%) do not expect to be in Pakistan.

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Funding

European Commission
MIGNEX - Aligning Migration Management and the Migration-Development Nexus 770453