FROM DUNKI TO DHAKA- DUAL ANALYSIS OF INTER AND INTRAMIGRATION IN SOUTH ASIA

No country today is immune from migration with global migrant numbers rising from 214 million in 2010 to 281 million in 2020. The papers focus on illegal migration – by examining a dual analysis of inter (migration from South Asia to abroad) and intra migration (migration within South Asia) focusing South Asia. The paper highlights that migrants become desperate to leave their home due to the inability of their countries to provide better living standards and opportunities to them creating a state of helplessness and vulnerability that compels them to leave their homeland. Inter migration is driven by a lack of opportunity and low living standards pushing them to seek better prospects in Western countries. It is often fuelled by the aspiration of NRI identity and craze to go abroad. The study highlights the Dunky route as one of the most dangerous & longest illegal routes, with many South Asians largely, Indians risking their lives to seek for the American dream.Whreas, intra migration is rooted in regional socio-political dynamics. It is shaped by economic inequality, ethnic, religious conflict, and civil unrest. A key focus of this study is the continuous influx of illegal Bangladeshi migrants into India since the 1971 war.