
Ageing Migrant Labour
Futures of Domestic Workers in Asia
Megha Amrith(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Will be published approx. on 31. July 2026
Book
Hardback
75 pages
978-1-009-57607-9 (ISBN)
Description
Who cares for the ageing bodies of those who have long laboured for the wellbeing of others? This Element focusses on ageing migrant domestic workers who have spent decades abroad in Singapore and Hong Kong on precarious temporary contracts, and how they imagine and prepare for their ageing futures. As temporary migration regimes deny domestic workers long-term residence, citizenship, and family reunification rights, domestic workers are required to return to their countries of origin when they reach retirement age. These two impending dislocations - retirement and return migration - generate a range of financial and emotional insecurities among migrant women who have to confront questions around care, home, and livelihoods at this critical juncture in their lives. This juncture further generates new aspirations among domestic workers who seek to make their mid-to-later life years meaningful. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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College/higher education
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978-1-009-57607-9 (9781009576079)
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. Ageing migrant labour: past and present; 3. Kinship, home, and belonging; 4. Financial and retirement plans; 5. Return migration in later life; 6. Conclusion; References.