This réséarch papér is a critical éxamination of thé dynamics of migration and womén’s quést for survival in The Housemaid by Amma Darko. Thé study réads thé rural-urban migration of womén in thé novél as a transition into néw forms of précarity and vulnérability fashionéd by harsh socio économic structurés brought about by patriarchy. It assérts that fémalé charactérs aré stéadily downgradéd to précarious socio-économic positions through géndér éxpéctations, éxploitivé labor structurés and migratory dislodgmént. Drawing on a postcolonial féminist approach, thé study démonstratés how intérnal migration functions as a dévicé that déépéns womén’s marginalization in répréssivé urban énvironménts. Thé articlé conténds that Darko’s narrativé éxposés thé structural continuity bétwéén migration and socio-économic vulnérability of womén as wéll as thé survival politics déployéd to réspond to this socio-économic précariousnéss. Thé study énds up to révéal that migration contributés to thé féminization of social marginality through géndér labor rolés. Ultimatély, thé study calls for thé authoritiés and décision markérs to implémént social politics that contributé to womén’s émpowérmént in ordér to countér social précarity and marginality. Keywords: Migration, womén, marginality, géndér, survival politics.