ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some aspects of the relationship between international migration and integration in Arab states. It discusses the inter-Arab migration and integration between Arab states, inter-Arab migration and integration within the labour-exporting Arab states, and integration of immigrants within the labour-importing Arab Gulf states. The chapter gives detailed analysis of the socially and politically important process of the integration of immigrants in the Arab Gulf countries, with particular reference to Kuwait. It also addresses an issue which Arab Gulf countries will increasingly face in the future will migrants remain sojourners or will they become settlers While the future is obviously uncertain, existing data and studies may provide some clues as to the nature and extent of the settlement of migrants in the Arab Gulf countries. The policy of many Arab Gulf countries involving a shift from Arab to Asian labour is based on the premise that Asians are more likely to be sojourners than settlers.
