The circumstances prevailing in South Asia (SA) have led to a plateauing migration stream that has resulted in several categories of migrants. The underlying factors driving migration have been identical in all the countries of SA. In recent years, however, poverty, conflicts, political and religious persecution, natural disasters and climate change have emerged as the most prominent drivers. External migration flow from SA has more than doubled between 2000 and 2015. This is a dynamic region, with millions (over 38m in 2017) of people crossing borders, both intra-regionally and extra-regionally. In recent years, wealthy citizens from SA have begun to move out of their countries with the intention of settling down elsewhere. This tendency has raised concerns among the policy makers because they create the grounds for reverse remittance flows. This research is meant to identify and contribute to the discourse of a new category of migrants (non-conventional migration) who are different from those in the conventional migration stream that included economic and forced migration. This research has crucial policy implications for both origin and destination countries.

南亚（SA）的普遍情况导致了移民潮的停滞，导致了几类移民。在南非所有国家中，导致移民的根本因素都是相同的。然而，近年来，贫穷，冲突，政治和宗教迫害，自然灾害和气候变化已成为最主要的驱动因素。在2000年至2015年期间，南非的外部移民人数增加了一倍以上。这是一个充满活力的地区，区域内和区域外数百万人（2017年超过3,800万）越境。近年来，来自南非的富裕公民开始迁出自己的国家，以在其他地方定居。这种趋势引起了政策制定者的关注，因为它们为反向汇款流动奠定了基础。这项研究旨在确定新型移民（非常规移民）并为之做出贡献，这些新移民与包括经济移民和强迫移民在内的常规移民不同。这项研究对原籍国和目的地国都具有至关重要的政策意义。