TITLE:
Explore the Social Life of Male Migrant Youth Work in Informal Sector Khartoum State
AUTHORS:
Amna Ahmed Abdallah Elsheikh, Shadia Daoud, Fatima Ezeldeen
KEYWORDS:
Social Life of Migrant’s Youth, Work in Informal Sectors, and Integrate with People outside Their Own Community
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Access Library Journal,
Vol.7 No.8,
August
25,
2020
ABSTRACT: The study was conducted to investigate the social life of migrant’s youth who work in informal sectors. The study is explanatory and descriptive in nature explained the social life of 300 migrants’ youth selected form three markets of Khartoum State. Qualitative and quantitative techniques utilized to collect data. The study findings show 88% of youth migrated searching for a job for a better life. The socio-economic situation characterized by vulnerability, poverty and low skill to get the job outside of the informal sector. 81.9% of youth lived in small rent house together with group of migrant youth. The majority of youth could not integrate themselves into host community of Khartoum State. It is found that the migrants’ youth limited their friendship to their migrants’ counterparts who work in the markets. Despite the difficulties of the life in Khartoum but still migrants youth do not have planned to go back to their place of origin, because of the availability of work. The study concluded that migrants youth have no time to integrate with people outside their own community, finally the study concluded that the isolated life style of the migrants youth limited their contact with host community. The study recommended the need for advocacy programs by government and civil societies to raise awareness of migrant youths for social integration.