Migration and development dynamics in Chot Dheeran, Pakistan

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Erdal, Marta Bivand; Furrukh Khan; Hannah Murray; Arslan Ahmad; & Safia Mahmood (2022) Migration and development dynamics in Chot Dheeran, Pakistan, MIGNEX Case Study Briefs. .
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​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.

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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Authors

Arslan Ahmad
Furrukh Khan
Hannah Murray
Marta Bivand Erdal

Marta Bivand Erdal

Research Professor in Migration Studies

Safia Mahmood
Migration and development dynamics in Chot Dheeran, Pakistan