Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora at the University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include migration, South Asian diaspora, and transnationalism. Some of his recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations (2024) and the Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism (2023).

• Introduction 1. Leaving for living? Factors and Dynamics behind Bangladeshi Female Migration to the Gulf States 2. Irregular Emigration from Indian Punjab: Nature and Causes 3. Goa to Paris: Migration Trajectories, Settlement Struggles, and Social Networks 4. The Backstage of Pakistani Businesses in Barcelona: Unravelling Strategies from the Ground 5. Examining the Factors that Affect the Employment Status of Racialised Immigrants: A Study of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Toronto, Canada 6. Occupational Distribution and Mobility of Migrants born in South Asia: Evidence from England/Wales Census, 1901–1911 7. Covid-19 Lockdowns and the Precarity of South Asian Key Workers’ Families in the United Kingdom 8. Debt-financed Emigration, Migration Experience, and Household Economy: Insight from Kerala, India 9. Remittances Flows to Farm Households in Rural Punjab: An Empirical Analysis 10. The Paradox of Citizenship and Nationality among Tibetans Living in India

Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora at the University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include migration, South Asian diaspora, and transnationalism. Some of his recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations (2024) and the Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism (2023).

• Introduction 1. Leaving for living? Factors and Dynamics behind Bangladeshi Female Migration to the Gulf States 2. Irregular Emigration from Indian Punjab: Nature and Causes 3. Goa to Paris: Migration Trajectories, Settlement Struggles, and Social Networks 4. The Backstage of Pakistani Businesses in Barcelona: Unravelling Strategies from the Ground 5. Examining the Factors that Affect the Employment Status of Racialised Immigrants: A Study of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Toronto, Canada 6. Occupational Distribution and Mobility of Migrants born in South Asia: Evidence from England/Wales Census, 1901–1911 7. Covid-19 Lockdowns and the Precarity of South Asian Key Workers’ Families in the United Kingdom 8. Debt-financed Emigration, Migration Experience, and Household Economy: Insight from Kerala, India 9. Remittances Flows to Farm Households in Rural Punjab: An Empirical Analysis 10. The Paradox of Citizenship and Nationality among Tibetans Living in India

Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora at the University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include migration, South Asian diaspora, and transnationalism. Some of his recent publications include the Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations (2024) and the Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism (2023).

• Introduction 1. Leaving for living? Factors and Dynamics behind Bangladeshi Female Migration to the Gulf States 2. Irregular Emigration from Indian Punjab: Nature and Causes 3. Goa to Paris: Migration Trajectories, Settlement Struggles, and Social Networks 4. The Backstage of Pakistani Businesses in Barcelona: Unravelling Strategies from the Ground 5. Examining the Factors that Affect the Employment Status of Racialised Immigrants: A Study of Bangladeshi Immigrants in Toronto, Canada 6. Occupational Distribution and Mobility of Migrants born in South Asia: Evidence from England/Wales Census, 1901–1911 7. Covid-19 Lockdowns and the Precarity of South Asian Key Workers’ Families in the United Kingdom 8. Debt-financed Emigration, Migration Experience, and Household Economy: Insight from Kerala, India 9. Remittances Flows to Farm Households in Rural Punjab: An Empirical Analysis 10. The Paradox of Citizenship and Nationality among Tibetans Living in India