New Delhi, Feb. 18 -- CPI(M) Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas has highlighted that the mass migration from Kerala should be understood within the context of global labour patterns rather than as a specific failure of governance in Kerala.

Responding to the humorous saying "Even on the moon you'll find a Malayali tea shop," which encapsulates how widely Malayalis have migrated across the world, Brittas in an interview to ANI noted that the State's development has historically been driven by migration and that it's not a new phenomenon.

"Kerala has become Kerala because of the migration," said the Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP who hails from Pulikurumba, Naduvil in the Kannur district of the South Indian State.

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