ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the efficacy of initiatives to protect and promote migrant rights that are premised primarily on state responsibility, and whether closer engagement with civil society and local actors can enhance policy objectives. Drawing on ethnographic research and field observations in India and Saudi Arabia, the analysis suggests that bringing non-state actors into the formal migration apparatus may lead to informed and responsive policy, improved outcomes, and advancement of rights. The chapter emphasizes the importance of theorizing analytical and policy approaches to making domestic work a viable, sustainable, and beneficial opportunity for migrants and states.
