Growth and Distribution of Elderly International Migrants to India: A Geographical Analysis (1991-2011)

In the past three decades there has been a remarkable increase in literature pertaining to migration to and from as well as within South-East Asia. Researchers from several social science disciplines have identified regional patterns of population movements. The South Asian sub-continent has long experienced virtually uninterrupted demographic mobility which was reflected in the almost unchecked transfer of population and resultant population redistribution in a number of places. Such population mobility was due to both environmental and socio-economic causes. India, one of the most important countries in south Asia, has received number of international migrants since Independence. The reasons are partly historical and partly economic and political. Of the many reasons for immigration into the country, most studies have ignored one important demographic dimension of these immigrants, which pertains to age in terms of aging characteristics of the migrants.