Showing papers in "Migration for Development in 2020"
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that women and their gendered mobility in Polish migration to the UK post European Union enlargement has been studied extensively but limited attention has been paid to women.
Abstract: Polish migration to the UK post European Union enlargement has been studied extensively but limited attention has been paid to women and their gendered mobility. In this paper, I argue that it is k...
25 citations
TL;DR: This article explored the reactions, responses and strategies displayed and formulated by French movers in the wake of the Brexit process and endeavoured to question the meaning of the concept of resilience and the realities it assumes for this once relatively privileged group of movers confronted to sudden and unexpected political change threatening their cross-border lives.
Abstract: As European citizens residing in the United Kingdom, French nationals enjoy rights of free movement and settlement in their host country, which enables and eases life across borders. In addition to minimal migratory restrictions offered by the European Union to its citizens, the majority of French nationals living in the United Kingdom have a positive and privileged experience as ‘movers’, feeling welcome and valued in their country of residence. The onset of the Brexit process poses a threat to the rights of free movements for EU citizens and marks the advent of an ‘openly admitted’ anti-migration climate in the United Kingdom; both have direct implications for movers to the United Kingdom. Based on a series of participant observations and semi-structured interviews, this article explores the reactions, responses and strategies displayed and formulated by French movers in the wake of the Brexit process. This paper participates to the exploration of the complex interactions between the global and the local, the political and the personal. The present study endeavoured to question the meaning of the concept of resilience and the realities it assumes for this once relatively privileged group of movers confronted to sudden and unexpected political change threatening their cross-border lives.
24 citations
TL;DR: The authors look back at their time as a migration scholar for close to three decades and the ways in which the field has slowly expanned out of the migration field over the last few decades.
Abstract: In my final editorial, as the Editor-in-Chief of Migration and Development, I look back at my time as a migration scholar for close to three decades and the ways in which the field has slowly expan...
18 citations
TL;DR: This article examined the impact of international remittances on household food security, using robust food security measurement indices constructed from a cross-section sample of rural households in the US and Canada.
Abstract: This paper examines the impact of international remittances on household food security, using robust food security measurement indices constructed from a cross-section sample of rural households in...
18 citations
TL;DR: In recent years, labour migration, through the "migration as adaptation" discourse, has been considered an important pathway for improving economic development in countries of origin this article, and it is considered to be an important gateway for improving the economic development of countries.
Abstract: Labour migration is considered an important pathway for improving economic development in countries of origin. In recent years, labour migration, through the ‘migration as adaptation’ discourse, ha...
16 citations
TL;DR: This article studied migrants' decision-making factors in transit and this is an important area of investigation that goes beyond the origin-destination country dichotomy most of the studies have focused on.
Abstract: Limited research has been conducted on migrants’ decision making factors in transit and this is an important area of investigation that goes beyond the origin-destination country dichotomy most com...
15 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe a regular occurrence in the western part of West Bengal state in Eastern India, where a "drought-like ambience ensues during every summer".
Abstract: Drought is a regular occurrence in the western part of West Bengal state in Eastern India. Here, drought-like ambience ensues during every summer. Summers manifest intensively in some years leading...
13 citations
TL;DR: Since the end of communist rule in 1991, Albania has seen, proportionately, one of the largest outflows of its people of any country in the world -an emigrant stock in 2013 equivalent to 44% of it as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Since the end of communist rule in 1991, Albania has seen, proportionately, one of the largest outflows of its people of any country in the world – an emigrant stock in 2013 equivalent to 44% of it...
13 citations
TL;DR: Uganda is one of the leading host countries for refugees in the East and Horn of Africa and its open-door policy to refugees has seen a big increase in the number of arrivals as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Uganda is one of the leading host countries for refugees in the East and Horn of Africa. Uganda’s location among instable neighbouring countries and its open door policy to refugees has seen a big ...
11 citations
TL;DR: From a small area of the South West of Bangladesh, thousands of landless farmers cross the border with their family in order to work in the informal sector, mostly in Delhi and Bangalore.
Abstract: From a small area of the South West of Bangladesh, thousands of landless farmers cross the border with their family in order to work in the informal sector, mostly in Delhi and Bangalore: a...
11 citations
TL;DR: This paper analyzed attitudes to domestic violence against women (DVAW) among Libyan migrants in the north of England; this is the first such study of Libyan migrants, and found that one hundred seventy-five (1.1%) of the migrants were involved in DVW.
Abstract: This article analyses attitudes to domestic violence against women (DVAW) among Libyan migrants in the north of England; this is the first such study of Libyan migrants. One hundred seventy-five (1...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the climate-induced migration in Bangladesh and found that climate change impact is one of the major burning issues all over the world where Bangladesh is one the most affected areas.
Abstract: Climate change impact is one of the major burning issues all over the world where Bangladesh is one of the most affected areas. The aim of this study was to understand the climate-induced migration...
TL;DR: This article explore multi-sited ethnography as a method and methodology in an increasingly globalized world wherein migration and separation are social facts in the histories of families in the Philippines....
Abstract: I explore multi-sited ethnography as a method and methodology in an increasingly globalized world wherein migration and separation are social facts in the histories of families in the Philippines. ...
TL;DR: Since the boom in the economies of Gulf countries in the mid-1970s, the region has gradually become an appealing destination for professional migrants as discussed by the authors, and professionals gain skills and gain knowledge and skills in the region.
Abstract: Since the boom in the economies of Gulf countries in the mid-1970s, the region has gradually become an appealing destination for professional migrants. In the Gulf, professionals gain skills and kn...
TL;DR: In this paper, security concerns, including poverty and violence, are viewed as critical factors in understanding the drivers of and experiences with internal and international migration from Honduras, and the authors draw on these concerns to make their conclusions.
Abstract: Security concerns, including poverty and violence, are viewed as critical factors in understanding the drivers of and experiences with internal and international migration from Honduras. Drawing on...
TL;DR: Very little is known about the life experiences of highly skilled female migrants and almost nothing about them outside of Western contexts as mentioned in this paper, and they attempt to address this knowledge gap by exa...
Abstract: Very little is known about the life experiences of highly skilled female migrants and almost nothing about them outside of Western contexts. This paper attempts to address this knowledge gap by exa...
TL;DR: We are living among a global transformation in which neoliberal policies have created a precarious existence for various individuals and groups, including migrants around the globe as discussed by the authors, including migrants in the US.
Abstract: We are living among a global transformation in which neoliberal policies have created a precarious existence for various individuals and groups, including migrants around the globe. Precari...
TL;DR: It is common in do-it-yourself (DIY), craft and craftivism circles to uncritically celebrate female-gendered labours as discussed by the authors, which is an almost essential component of DIY-craft narratives in developed countries.
Abstract: It is common in do-it-yourself (DIY), craft and craftivism circles to uncritically celebrate female-gendered labours An almost-essential component of DIY-craft narratives in developed countries po
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the dynamic panel data technique to examine the combined indirect effect of remittance inflows via human capital and financial inclusion on economic growth in developing and developing countries.
Abstract: This paper used the dynamic panel data technique to examine the combined indirect effect of remittance inflows via human capital and financial inclusion on economic growth in developing and develop...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated how labor migration is used as an adaptation strategy in the context of weather variation and temporary labor migration, and found that labor migration can be used as a strategy to adapt to weather variations.
Abstract: The purpose of this study is to understand the relationship between weather variation and temporary labor migration. In doing so, we investigate how labor migration is used as an adaptation strateg...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explored the recent trends, state-wise changing patterns and determinants of low-skilled emigration from India to Gulf Cooperation Council using both familiar and unexplored sources of information.
Abstract: This study explores the recent trends, state-wise changing patterns and determinants of low-skilled emigration from India to Gulf Cooperation Council using both familiar and unexplored sources of d...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the relationship between neo-liberalism, contemporary forms of migrant transnationalism and precarity, within a wider context than the city of Manchester.
Abstract: This special issue was originally founded upon a symposium, ‘Global migration in a changing UK’, held on the 10th of May 2017, at the Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, discussing how the changing nature of global migration is shaping the local economy, culture and society of Manchester, an emerging global city within the UK. These discussions were set within the context of significant economic and political developments, such as the increasing neo-liberal public spending and policy choices of the UK government and the climate of ‘Brexit’ – the UK decision to withdraw from the European Union, leading to UK political policy and public opinion clouded in fear and uncertainty. Global migration is currently a highly politicized issue (Porter & Russell, 2018) and the political context of the UK has led to a fall in migration numbers (Syal & O’Carroll, 2018), bucking global trends. The world-leading authority on global cities, Saskia Sassen the keynote speaker at the symposium, drew on her recent work on Expulsions (2016), demonstrating how the termmigration actually conceals multiple forms of socio-economic dislocation and predatory formations, whereby assemblages of knowledge, interests, and outcomes, lead to expulsions of people, social groups and livelihoods. The persistent effects of neo-liberalism lead to damaging consequences and vulnerabilities for migrants. The collection of papers here develops these themes by focussing upon the relationship between neo-liberalism, contemporary forms of migrant transnationalism and precarity, within a wider context than the city of Manchester. Definitions and discussions of transnationalism often distinguish between ‘broad’ and ‘narrow’ transnational social practices (Basch, Glick Schiller, & Szanton Blanc, 1994; Itzigsohn, Cabral, Hernandez Medina, & Vazquez, 1999), or transnationalism ‘from above’ and ‘below’ (Smith & Guarnizo, 1998), with the former referring to the transnational activities of global economic institutions and nation-states and the latter relating to networks of relationships between migrant populations and people and places within an original sending society. Studies of the migration-development nexus have focussed heavily upon narrow transnationalism, with many celebrating the progressive consequences of migrant transnationalism, in terms of both the social mobility of migrants and the ‘development’ of sending societies. Whilst it has been recently recognised, not least within the pages of this journal, that the relationship between migration and development is more complex and contradictory than these celebratory discourses suggest, there has been insufficient attention to the mutually constitutive relationship between broad and narrow transnationalism. Migrant social and transnational practices take place within, shape and are shaped by wider, broad,
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that in sub-Saharan Africa, independent transnational female migration is highly prevalent, despite this prevalence, scholarship on those who are left behind in the migration process is limited.
Abstract: Research suggests that in sub-Saharan Africa, independent transnational female migration is highly prevalent. Despite this prevalence, scholarship on those who are left behind in the migration proc...
TL;DR: Research on Finnish-Russian relations, suggests that Finnish adolescents have feelings of prejudice towards Russian immigrants as discussed by the authors, and that Russian minorities are one of the most significant minority groups in Finland.
Abstract: Russian minorities are one of the most significant minority groups in Finland. Research on Finnish-Russian relations, suggests that Finnish adolescents have feelings of prejudice towards Russian im...
TL;DR: Most overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) return home broke despite years of earning more than what they can in the Philippines as discussed by the authors, and this poor saving behaviour among Filipino migrant workers has been attri...
Abstract: Most overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) return home broke despite years of earning more than what they can in the Philippines. This poor saving behaviour among Filipino migrant workers has been attri...
TL;DR: The authors deconstructs the violence in Syria through Galtung's concept of structural violence in order to understand the impact it has on the lives of the people living in Syria, instead of regarding violence as a homogenous event.
Abstract: Instead of regarding violence as a homogenous event, this article deconstructs the violence in Syria through Galtung’s concept of structural violence in order to understand the impact it has on the...
TL;DR: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is among the largest receivers of labour migrants in the world as mentioned in this paper, and labour migrations in the GCC are defined as temporary, but migrants engage in various adjustments.
Abstract: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is among the largest receivers of labour migrants in the world. Labour migrations in the GCC are defined as temporary, but migrants engage in various adjustments ...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria by using the instrumental variable quantile regression (IVQR) method and found that remittance impacts inequality and poverty.
Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of remittances on poverty and inequality in Nigeria. In contrast to the existing literature, our methodology of instrumental variable quantile regression (IVQR) e...
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated interculturality in Germany with N = 171Germans and migrants in terms of soci cation and found that the integration process and existing impediments are well understood.
Abstract: Due to the increasing need to understand integration processes and existing impediments, the present study investigated interculturality in Germany with N = 171Germans and Migrants in terms of soci
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate how refugees develop a sense of belonging and de facto citizenship throughout long-term exile, and how they cope with the uncertainty and uncertainty of living in a foreign country.
Abstract: How do refugees develop a sense of belonging and de facto citizenship throughout long-term exile? This question, now relevant for global policy as ever, is at the heart of this journal article. Thi...