Most Keralites forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to return home from the Gulf countries prefer to remigrate as they believe that their chances of landing a decent job here are bleak, according to a new survey.
The survey, 'COVID-19 pandemic and exodus of Keralite emigrant workers from Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries: Causes of return, activity status of returnees and economic impact' was conducted by B. A. Prakash, who chaired the fifth State Finance Commission, for the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram. The CDS survey findings are based on personal interviews with 404 return emigrants in six grama panchayats and five municipalities in Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur, Pathanamthitta and Thiruvananthapuram districts between July and November 2021.
