Migration
17 March 2018 Hello everyone, My name is Bhavana Gaude from F.Y.B.COM C and I like to share my views on the topic “Migration”. From stone age to modern age, from colonized to globalised world, immigration has been a phenomenon by itself. Goans have been migrating before, during and after colonial times. According to the available information Goans traded in east Africa in the 10 th century which shows that they were truly, seafarers and intercontinental movers. Later on, during Portuguese colonial rule, Christian Goans became a part of the Portuguese seafaring tradition. The majority of Goan immigrants have originated from the old conquests mainly Bardez, Tiswadi, Salcete and Marmugao. The reason behind migration was unemployment, as Portuguese did not do anything to generate the employment in Goa for the common man and as a result, large section of the population was forced to migrate. According to sources in the year 1930’s seventy thousand Goans had migra...