ABSTRACT
The oil-price boom in the Gulf in the early 1970s was a basic precondition for the comprehensive labour migration traffic from various Asian countries to the oil-rich Gulf states. Without this active demand for labour power in large quantities, the migration bridge would not have been created This demand is, however, not a sufficient factor to explain why the whole migration process came about Conditions on the other side of the bridge—in the sender countries—must be taken into consideration.
