Bound for the City: A Study of Rural to Urban Labour Migration in Afghanistan

Author(s)
Aftab Opel
Publication language
English
Pages
41pp
Date published
01 Apr 2005
Publisher
Aftab Opel
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Livelihoods, Forced displacement and migration, Urban
Countries
Afghanistan
Organisations
UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)

This report presents findings of a study on internal labour migration in Afghanistan.
The study aimed to gain a better understanding of the reasons for, and reality and
patterns of, rural to urban labour migration in the country, as it relates to
individual and household risk management. This report is based on primary
information collected through a survey on 997 individuals in three cities: Kabul,
Herat and Jalalabad.