title: Remigration: return of the prodigals--an analysis of the impact of the cycles of migration and remigration on caste mobility.
abstract: "The focus of this research note is the migration of the Patidar community to East Africa--and remigration to Gujarat, India. The primary motive for migration of the immigrant Patidars was to work, accumulate money and return to India, claiming a higher caste status.  By 1931, a sufficient number of the community had become economically affluent and were given a higher caste status by the census enumerators. This study illustrates the transient nature of Indian migration to East Africa and its impact on caste mobility."
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000351:Africa, Eastern; D001208:Asia; D001519:Behavior; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D007194:India; D007630:Kenya; D009042:Motivation; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011584:Psychology; D012923:Social Class; D012937:Social Mobility; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Asia; Behavior; Caste; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Eastern Africa; Economic Factors; English Speaking Africa; India; International Migration; Kenya; Labor Migration; Migration; Motivation; Population; Population Dynamics; Psychological Factors; Return Migration; Social Class; Social Mobility; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia