Abstract

• Migration plays a vital role in poverty alleviation and rate of unemployment. According to questionnaire survey the migrants of the study area left their native because of low job opportunity and low salary or wage which cannot fully support the livelihood of the family members and education cost of their offspring. The main intention of leaving for neighbouring countries is to earn more income. This paper focuses on the migration flow, trend and movement which affect the socioeconomic life of the migrant workers’ families. The research questions are: (1) "What are the socioeconomic conditions of the migrant workers?" and (2) "What extent the respective families depend on the remittance sent by the migrants?”. Main aim of this paper is to examine the effects on economic progress of migrants’ families. The objectives are: to identify the socioeconomic conditions of the migrant workers, to know the main reason of migration, and to assess the extent of dependency on the remittance sent by migrants. Primary data are acquired by providing questionnaire and discussion with the family members of 120 migrant workers. The data are analyzed by frequency and percentage methods as well as with SWOT Analysis to reveal opportunities, threats, strengths and weaknesses of earning income at the neighbouring states as migrant workers.