INDIA: FACTS AND FIGURES

Table 3.1: The Skill composition of the labour outflows to the middle-east (1984 – 1986)

Year	Unskilled	Skilled	Professional	High-skilled	Others	Total
1984	88,575	86,014	7,477	6,495	17,361	2,05,922
1985	55,710	86,037	5,753	7,378	8,157	1,63,035
1986	45,577	53,432	7,351	5,958	1,331	1,13,649
Total	1,89,862	2,25,483	20,581	19,831	26,849	4,82,606

Source: Ministry of Labour, Government of India

Note: Taken from Srivastava, Ravi, and S K Sasikumar. 2003. ‘An Overview of Migration in India, its Impact and Key Issues’, presented in a conference on Migration, Development and Pro-poor Policy Choices in Asia, jointly organised by Department for International Development (DFID), UK and Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) in Dhaka on 22 – 24 June 2003.