CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Adhikari, Anshu |
|---|---|
| Title | Nepalese Low-Skilled Migrants in Portugal: Skill perception and Skill gaining strategies |
| Summary | The aim of the research is to understand skill development avenues adapted by low- skilled Nepalese migrants in Portugal. With a sudden and huge inflow of low-skilled immigrants in the EU since the European migration crisis, it is necessary to understand how Portugal has adopted policies on skill development to build low-skilled immigrants' competencies in the European job market. With the changes in policies of immigration and skill development, it has also become important to analyze migrants' perception of skills and their strategies of adapting further skills to be employed on high-skill jobs. The purpose of the dissertation is about investigating the integration of migrants into EU labor markets. It also explores labor migration from South Asia to continental Europe in order to find gapes in European labor migration policies, and strategies used by low- skilled labors coming from South Asia. Particular emphasis is given to the case of Nepalese low-skilled migrants in exploring migrants' understanding of their skills, their strategy in attaining available skill gaining opportunity and their decision on transnational mobility after their stay in Portugal. The dissertation is structured to show the research aim, objective and methodology. The dissertation introduces Portugal and the extent of low-skilled migrants working in the Portuguese labor market. Following the literature of skill measurement and skill mismatch, the paper highlights the limited proxies used for skill measurement. With in-depth interviews with low-skilled Nepalese migrants, the research shows how migrants perceive their skills in the foreign land irrespective of their educational attainments. Finally, the analysis derived from the interviews questions the existing integration programmes and its effectiveness. |
| Supervisor | Huebscher, Evelyne Patrizi; Frowd, Philippe M. |
| Department | School of Public Policy MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/adhikari_anshu.pdf |
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