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- Emigration from Kerala is on the decline, a recent study by CDS says
- Spread of nuclear families, with less job-seeking members, is cited as a reason. Returnees are on the rise.
- The trend to continue for a while
- Liberalisation has led to productive use of remittances, unlike the past
- Malabar belt tops emigration stats, half the state's emigrants are Muslim
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