Socio Economic Conditions of the Interstate Migrant workers in Kozhikode District of Kerala

Migration is a global phenomenon revealing the nature of the people in search of better life and living condition caused by economic, social, political, cultural, environmental, health and educational factors, affecting both the origin and destination. The Migrant workers. According to International Labor organization Convention no.189 and International Organization for migration, any persons “moving to another country or region to better their material or social conditions and improve the prospect for themselves or their family.” According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division (2013) International Migration Report, 232 million people live outside their countries of birth. In the coming decades, demographic forces, globalization, and climate changes will increase migration pressures both within and across borders. (Saif Muhammed, 2014). In India labor is migratory in character in all the aspects, which is the dynamic factor in the dismal scenario of Kerala in the present period. The migration of labor occupies greater significance in the Indian economy, which a thought emerged from unequal development where the people from ’backward region’ moved to ‘developed region