South Asia migration report 2020 documents key themes of exploitation and entrepreneurship of migrants from the region. This volume: includes dedicated fieldwork from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal; analyses the impact of south-asia-migrant-established businesses; examines legal and legislative recourse against exploitation in destination countries; factors in how migration as a phenomenon negotiates with gender, environment and even healthcare.This book will be indispensable for scholars and researchers of economics, development studies, migration and diaspora studies, gender studies, labour studies and sociology. It will also be useful to policy make Rs, think tanks and government institutions working in the area. introduction: migration statistics in South Asia – The need for a fresh approach S. Irudaya Rajan 1 gendered migration and its impacts on women’s agency and resilience in Pakistan; Ahmad Shah Durrani and Ayesha qaisrani .2 productive vs. Consumptive uses of remittances by households: evidence from chitwan Valley of Nepal Prem bhandari .3 The unequal landscape of remittances: the case of rural Bangladesh Syeda rozana Rashid, Mohammad Jalal uddin sikder and MD. Emran hossain .4 migration legislation and regulations in South Asia: an unfinished agenda? Piyasiri wickramasekara .5 toward mapping employers and clients: the rise of recruitment Fee advocacy and the need for market data in the Gulf construction sector David segall 6 migrant businesses in Saudi Arabia: towards an economic sociology of Gulf migration MD mizanur Rahman 7 from environmental disaster to migratory disaster: the omani network of Bangladesh I fishermen Marie percot 8 diaspora volunteering: a tool for development or a channel for diasporic (re)engagement with countries of origin – a case study from Nepal Nisha Thomas, Matt baillie Smith and Nina Laurie 9 restructuring of Nepal economy, agrarian change, and livelihood outcomes: the role of migration and remittances Jagannath Adhikari 10 identifying reproductive health coverage gaps for rural- and urban-born migrant household heads in the slums in and around Dhaka city, Bangladesh Kimberly Clair, abdur razzaque, Mohammad zahirul Islam, Mohammad nahid Mia, razib Chowdhury, ahm golam mustard and Randall Kuhn.