Push and Pull Factors of your migration case studies (6)

• Push factors for migration from India to Qatar

  • Unemployment - high rates in some states
  • Drought - affecting agriculture and crop yields
  • Water scarcity - country has 18% of world's population but only 4% of water resources
  • Corruption - loss of trust, money being bribed
• Pull factors for migration from India to Qatar


  • Services and amenities - government has built facilities for high migrant population
  • Contacts - large established Indian migrant community
  • Availability of jobs - labour intensive development plans
  • Reforms - streamlining recruitment and minimum wages
  • Economic opportunity - higher salaries, tax-free wages
• The estimated 650,000 - 700,000 Indian migrant workers in Qatar constitute the latter's largest expatriate (a person who lives outside their native country) community.