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Crossing Boundaries: Internal, Regional and International Migration in Cameroon

Authors Blessing Uchenna Mberu, Roland Pongou
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43401 Journal Article

Repatriation and Integration of Liberian Refugees from Ghana: the Importance of Personal Networks in the Country of Origin

Authors Naohiko Omata
Year 2012
Journal Name Journal of Refugee Studies
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43402 Journal Article

Género y trayectorias migratorias en época de crisis

Authors María Dolores Juliano Corregido
Year 2012
Journal Name Papers. Revista de Sociologia
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43403 Journal Article

Revisiting the immigrant paradox in reproductive health: The roles of duration of residence and ethnicity

Authors Marcelo L. Urquia, Patricia J. O'Campo, Maureen I. Heaman
Year 2012
Journal Name Social Science & Medicine
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43404 Journal Article

International migration and social policy underdevelopment in the Dominican Republic

Authors Gabriel Ondetti
Year 2012
Journal Name Global Social Policy
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43405 Journal Article

Health Behaviors Among Cambodian Adults in Lowell, Massachusetts

Authors Susan Koch-Weser, Sidney Liang, Dorcas Grigg-Saito, ...
Year 2012
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Citations (WoS) 1
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43406 Journal Article

Global Migration and Political Regime Type: A Democratic Disadvantage

Authors Christian Breunig, Xun Cao, Adam Luedtke
Year 2012
Journal Name British Journal of Political Science
Citations (WoS) 16
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43408 Journal Article

Estimation of International Migration in Post‐Soviet Republics

Authors Shushanik Makaryan
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43409 Journal Article

Kosovo – Winning its Independence but Losing its People? Recent Evidence on Emigration Intentions and Preparedness to Migrate

Authors Artjoms Ivlevs, Roswitha M. King
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43410 Journal Article

Migrant Selection and the Health of U.S. Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union

Authors Neil K. Mehta, Irma T. Elo
Year 2012
Journal Name Demography
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43411 Journal Article

Foreigners and Outsiders: Exclusionist Attitudes towards Labour Migrants in Israel

Authors Rebeca Raijman
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43412 Journal Article

Privileged Mobility in an Age of Globality

Authors Sheila Croucher
Year 2012
Journal Name Societies
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43413 Journal Article

German Case Study

Authors Pierre GOTTSCHLICH
Description
Indian immigration to Germany has a century-long history. Today, the Indian population in Germany is a fully established and, despite its rather small size, highly influential ethnic group. From early 20th century freedom fighters and students to engineers and nurses to contemporary businessmen and IT-specialists Indians have played important roles in German history and society. They have become more and more visible through the founding of numerous associations, clubs, and societies, through cultural commitment and political success, and also through the establishment of prominent places for worship such as Hindu temples and Sikh gurdwaras. This study attempts to shed some light on one of the less prominent Indian communities. It deals with its history, its demographic characteristic, and its socio-economic profile. Furthermore, the paper will assess the legal framework in Germany and analyse the media perception of Indian migrants in the country. Additionally, there will be an overview over the most important religious centres and cultural associations. The study also discusses the sociocultural and political integration of the Indian population in Germany. Finally, some policy recommendations will be given.
Year 2012
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43414 Report

Gender and migration in Southern and Eastern Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan African countries

Authors Gian Carlo BLANGIARDO
Description
According to destination country statistics there are nearly ten million emigrants from southern and eastern Mediterranean and Sub-Saharan CARIM countries and about four out of ten of these are women. As to immigration the United Nations estimates eleven million international migrants in CARIM-15 countries, of whom 48% are female. The female emigration rates in CARIM countries vary depending upon destination areas and motivations. In general, Europe and Northern America offer more opportunities for family reunification than the Gulf States which, unlike Western countries where female migration is confined to low-level jobs, give women opportunities in professional jobs like teaching and the health-related professions. Reports from national experts have highlighted how female migration is often related to local factors like the education level, whose rise has been noted almost everywhere and that it is considered an important push factor for the young. As to reasons for leaving the origin country and the decision to migrate more generally, national reports confirm that, while economic motives largely explain the migration of males, the reasons for female migration are more diverse. Work is increasingly important, but family reasons (mainly marriage and spouse reunification) still dominate female migration patterns. Partant des mouvements migratoires internationaux, un double constat essentiel ressort à l’appui des données statistiques enregistrées au sein des pays d’accueil. Investis à l’échelle d’une zone géographique partant de la Méditerranée méridionale et orientale à l’Afrique sub-saharienne, les pays membres du réseau CARIM enregistrent des quantifications de départ à hauteur de dix millions d’individus, comptant, en outre, en son sein une population de près de quatre millions de femmes. Le phénomène de l'immigration prend une ampleur toute aussi inédite : les estimations rapportées par l'ONU évaluent la présence de migrants internationaux dans les pays investis au sein du réseau CARIM-15 à hauteur de onze millions d’individus, comptant en son sein un profil de près de 48% de femmes. À ce titre, la difficulté liée à l’analyse de ce schéma de migration féminine reste largement tributaire de choix de destination et de motivations assez diverses. Le territoire européen et nord-américain constitue certes une destination de prédilection et un terreau d’opportunités en termes de regroupement familial pour ces dernières, par comparaison avec les pays du Golfe. Reste que, et contrairement aux pays occidentaux lesquels confinent la migration féminine à des secteurs professionnels peu qualifiés, les Etats du Golfe offrent de plus grandes opportunités à travers des secteurs qualifiés tels l'enseignement ou encore la santé. Un panel considérable d’experts nationaux pointe et conforte le lien d’association très fort existant entre le phénomène migratoire des femmes et la consistance des facteurs locaux tels que le niveau d'éducation identifié comme un facteur déterminant au départ, surtout parmi les jeunes. Le marché du travail représente, à cet égard, un incitant au départ au regard de la tendance qu’il soutient très souvent à maintenir des inégalités de genre, et à circonscrire l’autonomisation des femmes encore fortement annihilée par la conjoncture socio-culturelle du pays d’origine. Les rapports nationaux susmentionnés soutiennent dans une très large mesure ces constats, et confirment la double nature de ces motivations au départ. Si le motif économique constitue une motivation historiquement rapportée à la migration masculine, les motivations sous-jacents la migration féminine tendent à être plus diverses. En effet, outre la migration professionnelle, les motifs d’ordre familial tels que le mariage ou la réunification familiale tendent à revêtir une dimension inédite dans la configuration et l’assise de la migration féminine.
Year 2012
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43415 Report

Foreigners Cometh! Paths to Multiculturalism in Japan, Korea and Taiwan

Authors Hyuk-Rae Kim, Ingyu Oh
Year 2012
Journal Name Asian and Pacific Migration Journal
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43416 Journal Article

How the Box Became Black: Brokers and the Creation of the Free Migrant

Authors Adam McKeown
Year 2012
Journal Name Pacific Affairs
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43417 Journal Article

Language Proficiency and Health Status: Are Bilingual Immigrants Healthier?

Authors Ariela Schachter, Rachel T. Kimbro, Bridget K. Gorman
Year 2012
Journal Name JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
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43418 Journal Article

Origins of the New Latino Underclass

Authors Douglas S. Massey, Karen A. Pren
Year 2012
Journal Name Race and Social Problems
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43419 Journal Article

Contextualizing Vocabularies of Motive in International Migration: The Case of Taiwanese in the United States

Authors Chien-Juh Gu
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43420 Journal Article

Socioeconomic Implications of the Increasing Foreign Remittance to Nepal: Evidence from the Nepal Living Standard Survey

Authors Udaya R. Wagle
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43421 Journal Article

Beyond Guilt and Stigma: Changing Attitudes among Israeli Migrants in Canada

Authors Brent David Harris
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43422 Journal Article

Racism, ethnic density and psychological well-being through adolescence: evidence from the Determinants of Adolescent Social well-being and Health longitudinal study

Authors Thomas Astell-Burt, Maria J. Maynard, Erik Lenguerrand, ...
Year 2012
Journal Name Ethnicity & Health
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43423 Journal Article

Migrant networks and beyond: Exploring the value of the notion of social capital for making sense of ethnic inequalities

Authors Maja Cederberg
Year 2012
Journal Name Acta Sociologica
Citations (WoS) 31
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43424 Journal Article

Local Distribution and Subsequent Mobility of Immigrants Measured from the School Census in England

Authors Stephen Jivraj, Ludi Simpson, Naomi Marquis
Year 2012
Journal Name Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
Citations (WoS) 2
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43425 Journal Article

A Capture–Recapture Approach to Estimation of Refugee Populations

Authors Steven J. Gold, Wilma Novales Wibert, Vera Bondartsova, ...
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43426 Journal Article

Changes in Irregular Emigration: A Field Report from Fuzhou

Authors Lin Sheng, Trent Bax
Year 2012
Journal Name International Migration
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43428 Journal Article

‘Grounded’ politics: Manifesting Muslim identity as a political factor and localized identity in Copenhagen

Authors Garbi Schmidt
Year 2012
Journal Name Ethnicities
Citations (WoS) 8
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43429 Journal Article

Immigrants' experiences of nature-based recreation in New Zealand

Authors Brent Lovelock, Kirsten Lovelock, Carla Jellum, ...
Year 2012
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43430 Journal Article

"Why Haven't We Been Taught All That At School?'' Crosscultural Community Projects in North Queensland, Australia

Authors Maria Wronska-Friend
Year 2012
Journal Name Curator: The Museum Journal
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43431 Journal Article

Resisting the melting pot: The long term impact of maintaining identity for Franco-Americans in New England

Authors Mary MacKinnon, Daniel Parent
Year 2012
Journal Name EXPLORATIONS IN ECONOMIC HISTORY
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43432 Journal Article

Management of Cross-border Migration: Thailand as a Case of Net Immigration

Authors Yongyuth Chalamwong, Jidapa Meepien, Khanittha Hongprayoon
Year 2012
Journal Name Asian Journal of Social Science
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43433 Journal Article

That's a different story: comparing letters and oral accounts of Dutch immigrants in New Zealand

Authors Anneke Comello
Year 2012
Journal Name HISTORY OF THE FAMILY
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43434 Journal Article

Migrants and political life in Greece : between political patronage and the search for inclusion

Authors Ruby GROPAS, Anna TRIANDAFYLLIDOU
Year 2012
Journal Name South European Society and Politics
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43435 Journal Article

New European Crimes and Trust-based Policy

Description
'The FIDUCIA project will shed light on a number of distinctively 'new European” criminal acts that have emerged in the last decade as a consequence of technological developments and the increased mobility of populations across Europe. The objective of the project is to develop policy responses to “new” forms of deviant behaviours that are also highly relevant to responding to “conventional” forms of criminality. The FIDUCIA concept stems from the idea that public trust (in latin, 'fiducia') in justice is critically important for social regulation, in that it leads to public acceptance of the legitimacy of institutions of justice and thus compliance with the law. The project will investigate whether a change of direction in criminal policy – from deterrence strategies and penal populism to procedural justice and trust-based policy – is desirable, and in what terms. While traditional research is primarily concerned on “why people break the law”, the focus in FIDUCIA is on “why people obey to the law”. The FIDUCIA consortium will conduct four case studies of new forms of criminality that reflect – in various ways – the development of supra-national structures and processes across Europe. The four crime categories are: a) trafficking of human beings; b) trafficking of goods; c) the criminalisation of migration and ethnic minorities; and d) cyber-crimes. In addition, FIDUCIA will examine questions of criminalisation; assess the importance of public trust in justice and beliefs about the legitimacy of their own criminal justice system; and explore whether trust-based regulation makes sense at a supra-national level. The findings will inform an innovative model of “trust-based” policy with a raft of far-reaching recommendations for politicians and law-makers in Member States and the institutions of the European Union.'
Year 2012
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43437 Project

Social disability: Roma and refugees in Swedish welfare

Authors Norma Montesino
Year 2012
Journal Name International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
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43439 Journal Article

Embodied geographies of food, belonging and hope in multicultural Hamilton, Aotearoa New Zealand

Authors Lynda Johnston, Robyn Longhurst
Year 2012
Journal Name Geoforum
Citations (WoS) 13
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43440 Journal Article

Migrant worker acculturation in China

Authors Yongxia Gui, John W. Berry, Yong Zheng
Year 2012
Journal Name International Journal of Intercultural Relations
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43441 Journal Article

A‘country boy’ migrates to Brixton – re-examining agency, identity and memory in and through Black Joy

Authors Sally Shaw
Year 2012
Journal Name Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture
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43442 Journal Article

Equal opportunities for migrant youth in educational systems with high levels of social and ethnic segregation: assessing the impact of school team resources

Description
Although a gap in educational performance of migrant children compared to children without a migration background is to be observed in most industrialized countries, it is particularly big in countries as Belgium, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, as has been attested by the PISA-data. Social and ethnic segregation, which is particularly high in these educational systems, seems to be one of the important explanatory factors. This project wants to disentangle what are the crucial factors by which this high level of segregation impacts on unequal opportunities for immigrant children. Going beyond the classic composition effect model (looking at peer group effects, i.e. positive or negative influences of pupils on each other), this project wants to also examine the potential impact of differentiated teacher profiles on group performance. The project wishes to test the hypothesis that the link between school composition and educational performance is a (partly) spurious effect, caused by mediating effect of teacher characteristics. We hypothesize that better skilled and more positively oriented teachers are overrepresented in schools with an 'easier' school population, while so-called 'difficult' schools (populated by working-class immigrant children) have difficulty in attracting and - especially - keeping competent and motivated staff. In order to examine this hypothesis a mixed methods approach will be used, combining quantitative statistical analysis (on new and existing data, for instance multi-level analysis of the PISA-data set and other eligible datasets), qualitative case studies and focus groups. Secondary analysis of existing data-sets (PISA, TIMMS, PIRLS) will be undertaken and new data will be collected (taking the Flemish and Francophone educational systems in Belgium as case-studies).
Year 2012
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43443 Project

Queer-Arab-French: Sexuality, Islam and Citizenship in France

Description
How do North African (Maghrebi) men and Maghrebi-French men negotiate and understand same-sex desire when living in a French urban context? Does the ethnic North African, who pursues erotic same-sex relationships in France, identify himself as ‘gay’ or ‘homosexual’? During the Fellowship, my broad goal is to address these questions through the completion of a monograph, titled Queer-Arab-French: Sexuality, Islam, and Citizenship in France. It consists of an ethnographic study of same-sex sexualities, which is based on interviews with Maghrebi and Maghrebi-French homosexual males in major urban centres in France. I will work with specialists in French studies, linguistics and Communication Studies at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) to analyze how every-day speech and urban space influence Maghrebi-French understandings of sexuality and citizenship. My project will demonstrate how Maghrebi and Maghrebi-French men may explain their sexuality in terms of a modern ‘coming out’ narrative, documented in the recent scholarship on French homosexuality. Nevertheless, North African sexual minorities are able to negotiate cultural hybridity, interculturality, and ‘belonging’ in a ‘third space’ that combines elements from traditional and modern discourses such as family, honour, face-saving, the symbolic order of gender differences, as well as the western constructs of individualism and sexual autonomy. These men also address broader public policy debates on Islam, Islamaphobia, and homophobia. My project aims to create a new critical framework for examining Muslim sexual minorities and to inform the work of academics in a variety of disciplines, as well as that of activists, politicians and healthcare workers. Since the staff and students I would work with at NTU investigate related research questions, the potential exists to expand these findings and bring new knowledge about immigration, citizenship, sexual health, and human rights discourses to the UK and the EU.
Year 2012
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43444 Project

Embodied Migration: Performance Practices of Diasporic Sri Lankan Tamil Communities in London

Authors Ann David
Year 2012
Journal Name Journal of Intercultural Studies
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43445 Journal Article

Forced Marriage vs. Family Reunification: Nationality, Gender and Ethnicity in German Migration Policy

Authors Doris Urbanek
Year 2012
Journal Name Journal of Intercultural Studies
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43446 Journal Article

MolefI Kete Asante: The Afrocentric Idea and the cultural turn in intercultural communication studies

Authors Reynaldo Anderson
Year 2012
Journal Name International Journal of Intercultural Relations
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43447 Journal Article

FIDUCIA

Description
"The FIDUCIA project will shed light on a number of distinctively ""new European” criminal acts that have emerged in the last decade as a consequence of technological developments and the increased mobility of populations across Europe. The objective of the project is to develop policy responses to “new” forms of deviant behaviours that are also highly relevant to responding to “conventional” forms of criminality. The FIDUCIA concept stems from the idea that public trust (in latin, ""fiducia"") in justice is critically important for social regulation, in that it leads to public acceptance of the legitimacy of institutions of justice and thus compliance with the law. The project will investigate whether a change of direction in criminal policy – from deterrence strategies and penal populism to procedural justice and trust-based policy – is desirable, and in what terms. While traditional research is primarily concerned on “why people break the law”, the focus in FIDUCIA is on “why people obey to the law”. The FIDUCIA consortium will conduct four case studies of new forms of criminality that reflect – in various ways – the development of supra-national structures and processes across Europe. The four crime categories are: a) trafficking of human beings; b) trafficking of goods; c) the criminalisation of migration and ethnic minorities; and d) cyber-crimes. In addition, FIDUCIA will examine questions of criminalisation; assess the importance of public trust in justice and beliefs about the legitimacy of their own criminal justice system; and explore whether trust-based regulation makes sense at a supra-national level. The findings will inform an innovative model of “trust-based” policy with a raft of far-reaching recommendations for politicians and law-makers in Member States and the institutions of the European Union."
Year 2012
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43448 Project

Vietnamská etnická ekonomika v českém pohraničí a integrace imigrantů

Description
Projekt se zaměřuje na integraci migrantů z Vietnamu v českém pohraničí, kde jich dlouhodobě pobývá nadprůměrně vysoký počet. Teoretickou inovací, kterou projekt přináší, je výzkum sociální integrace na základě intersekcionality mezi etnickou ekonomikou,transnacionalismem a životem v okrajové lokalitě (tzv. small-scale locality). V rámci etnografického výzkumu bude provedena terénní práce na dvou místech - v městečku a v další blízké menší obci - zaměřená na sociální a ekonomickou integraci a strategievietnamských migrantů. Kontext života v malé obci nabízí možnost dosáhnout nových poznatků o této skupině migrantů, protože dosavadní výzkumy byly prováděny téměř vždy ve velkoměstech. Výzkum se také zaměří na to, jaké změny přináší migrace a integracecizinců ve vybraných obcích, jak se s tím vyrovnává místní obyvatelstvo a samospráva a jaké strategie místní úřady uplatňují.
Year 2012
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43449 Project

The profile of health problems in African refugees admitted to Sicilian hospitals from Lampedusa, since the beginning of the 2011 humanitarian exodus (1 January to 22 September)

Authors Linda Pasta, Enzo M. Farinella, Gaetano Marchese, ...
Year 2012
Journal Name International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care
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43450 Journal Article

Transnational Networks and Identifications of Australia's Diaspora in the USA

Authors Kelly Parker
Year 2012
Journal Name Journal of Intercultural Studies
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43451 Journal Article

The role of ethnic identity in school engagement: perceptions of immigrant Tibetan adolescents in select US public schools

Authors Nawang B. Phuntsog
Year 2012
Journal Name Intercultural Education
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43452 Journal Article

Recent Trends in International Migration in Poland

Year 2012
Journal Name Central and Eastern European Migration Review
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43453 Journal Article

Reception and Integration of Muslims in France, Quebec and English Canada

Description
This project compares the experiences of Muslim minorities in three contexts: France, Quebec, and English Canada. The objective is to assess the extent of integration of Muslim minorities in each setting, to identify key similarities and differences, to find the most important reasons for any differences, and to relate findings to previous research and public discourse in each setting. The three-way comparison helps illuminate a number of issues of significance to current debates on immigration and multiculturalism, including the role of public attitudes, national integration ‘models’ and advantages of traditional ‘nations of immigration’ over recent European experience, and language and culture. The theoretical framework takes account of four sets of factors: minority characteristics, mainstream attitudes and debates, institutional structures, and public policies, and draws upon inter-disciplinary perspectives. Both quantitative and qualitative data are used. On the quantitative side, for France the new government-mandated “Trajectories and Origins” (TeO) survey conducted in 2009 (over 21000 interviews) overcomes many limitations in existing statistics for identification of ethnic minorities. The comparable Canadian source is the monumental “Ethnic Diversity Survey” conducted in 2002 by Statistics Canada (over 42000 interviews). Excellent collaboration is available in use of the French data; I have already published a major book on the Canadian data. The project also will conduct a series of specially designed focus-group sessions involving structured encounters between Muslims and non-Muslims conducted in Paris, Montreal and Toronto. The project will be facilitated by CADIS in Paris where I build on a strong institutional foundation. It will produce a major book to be submitted to the MacMillan Palgrave series on migration, and papers for international conferences. A conference and workshop also will be held.
Year 2012
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43454 Project

African Migrant Women

Description
On the margins of the EU, African women migrants can be important transmitters of social cultural practices. But in certain societies of immigration (France, Spain) these women, because of the ageing factor can be victims of some kind of discrimination. Often their husbands can replace them for new co-spouses. This situation creates tensions and that is, for the women, all the more constraining and painful when the women carry on a productive and reproductive activity. this proposal, through a specific anthropological demography methodology, wants to bring into question meaningful motions of ethnicity, transnationalisation, gender and the changing context in relation to aesthetic and body concepts of African women in the settlement countries mainly in Spain and France (Europe) and in Senegal and Gambia (Africa).
Year 2012
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43455 Project

Post-Displacement Employment and Health in Professional Iraqi Refugees vs. Professional Iraqi Immigrants

Authors Hikmet Jamil, Abir Aldhalimi, Bengt Arnetz
Year 2012
Journal Name Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies
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43456 Journal Article

Gendering activism in populist radical right parties. A comparative study of women’s and men’s participation in the Northern League (Italy) and the National Front (France)

Description
Building on two pilot studies conducted in 2010, the proposed research will explore the gender dimensions of anti-immigration social movements in contemporary Europe. This will be done through a comparative analysis of activism in two populist radical right parties: an ethnographic and documentary study of activism in the social and cultural associations linked to the Northern League party (NL) in Italy and to the National Front party (NF) in France. During the applicant’s earlier research on the NL, it became clear that the themes of women’s rights and gender equality are increasingly mobilised in instrumental ways by this party, seeking to attract women’s votes. This corresponds to a recent radicalisation of the NL’s discourse, which in the past decade has increasingly targeted migrants coming from Muslim countries: in this discourse, immigration is associated with sexual violence and gender conservatism. The research will mobilise these earlier studies while expanding their focus through a comparative perspective. In examining current developments in the ideology and politics of the NL and the NF, and their attempt to modernise their public image, the proposed comparative research will contribute to ongoing theoretical debates about the articulation of racism and gender as well as about the role played by gender in collective action. The proposed research is ground-breaking in two ways. First, only a minority of ethnographic studies exist which focus on activism in radical right organisations, as sociologists have tended to focus on left-wing social movements. More specifically, very few studies have investigated the role played by women in radical right social movements. Second, the few existing qualitative studies of women’s activism in these organisations fail to compare systematically the practices women and men. As opposed to these existing studies, the proposed research will examine both women’s and men’s involvement in these organisations.
Year 2012
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43457 Project

Situating the Body: Choreographies of Transmigration

Authors Rachel Fensham, Odette Kelada
Year 2012
Journal Name Journal of Intercultural Studies
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43458 Journal Article

African Political Thinkers, Pan-Africanism and the Politics of Exile,c.1850–1970

Authors Hakim Adi
Year 2012
Journal Name Immigrants & Minorities
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43459 Journal Article

Writing in Translationese: Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day and the Uncanny Dialect of the Diasporic Writer

Authors Linda Belau, Ed Cameron
Year 2012
Journal Name Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies
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43460 Journal Article

The British, Persecuted Foreigners and the Emergence of the Refugee Category in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Authors Caroline Shaw
Year 2012
Journal Name Immigrants & Minorities
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43461 Journal Article

FIDUCIA: New European Crimes and Trust-based Policy

Description
"The FIDUCIA project will shed light on a number of distinctively ""new European” criminal acts that have emerged in the last decade as a consequence of technological developments and the increased mobility of populations across Europe. The objective of the project is to develop policy responses to “new” forms of deviant behaviours that are also highly relevant to responding to “conventional” forms of criminality. The FIDUCIA concept stems from the idea that public trust (in latin, ""fiducia"") in justice is critically important for social regulation, in that it leads to public acceptance of the legitimacy of institutions of justice and thus compliance with the law. The project will investigate whether a change of direction in criminal policy – from deterrence strategies and penal populism to procedural justice and trust-based policy – is desirable, and in what terms. While traditional research is primarily concerned on “why people break the law”, the focus in FIDUCIA is on “why people obey to the law”. The FIDUCIA consortium will conduct four case studies of new forms of criminality that reflect – in various ways – the development of supra-national structures and processes across Europe. The four crime categories are: a) trafficking of human beings; b) trafficking of goods; c) the criminalisation of migration and ethnic minorities; and d) cyber-crimes. In addition, FIDUCIA will examine questions of criminalisation; assess the importance of public trust in justice and beliefs about the legitimacy of their own criminal justice system; and explore whether trust-based regulation makes sense at a supra-national level. The findings will inform an innovative model of “trust-based” policy with a raft of far-reaching recommendations for politicians and law-makers in Member States and the institutions of the European Union."
Year 2012
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43462 Project

Coping and chronic psychosocial consequences of female genital mutilation in the Netherlands

Authors Erick Vloeberghs, Anke van der Kwaak, Jeroen Knipscheer, ...
Year 2012
Journal Name Ethnicity & Health
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43463 Journal Article

Ethnische Netzwerke und der Bildungserwerb von Migranten im Lebenslauf

Principal investigator Frank Kalter (Principal Investigator)
Description
"Das Projekt untersuchte die Bedeutung ethnischer Netzwerke für die Integration von Migranten und ihren Kindern in Deutschland. Dazu wurden Daten des Nationalen Bildungspanels (NEPS) für mehrere Startkohorten unter Verwendung unterschiedlicher Netzwerkmaße ausgewertet. Eine methodischen Studie zu Messinvarianz ging der Frage nach, ob die in Startkohorte 6 verwendeten Befragungsinstrumente zu Sozialkapital für Einheimische und Migranten dasselbe Konzept auf dieselbe Weise messen. Nach Tests auf konfigurale Invarianz, metrische Invarianz und skalare Invarianz kommen wir zu dem Ergebnis, dass weder sprachliche noch kulturelle Unterschiede die Vergleichbarkeit der Sozialkapitalmessungen über die Gruppen hinweg gefährden. Unter Verwendung von Startkohorte 4 (15jährige Jugendliche) wurde der Zusammenhang zwischen einheimischen Freunden und der Identifikation mit dem Aufnahmeland untersucht. Während die Identifikation von Spätaussiedlern und Jugendlichen aus ehemals jugoslawischen Ländern oder Südeuropa stark mit dem Anteil einheimischer Freunde zusammenhängt, konnten wir dafür keinen Beleg bei türkisch- oder polnischstämmigen Jugendlichen finden. In einer Folgestudie über Jugendliche türkischer Herkunft untersuchten wir, ob das Zugehörigkeitsgefühl zum Herkunftsland, also der Türkei, mit der Identifikation mit dem Aufnahmeland, also Deutschland, zusammenhängt. Wir konnten zeigen, dass ein solcher Zusammenhang nur besteht, wenn die Jugendlichen in Nachbarschaften mit einem hohen Anteil von Bewohnern türkischer Herkunft leben. In dieser Situation verringert das Gefühl der Zugehörigkeit zum Herkunftsland die Identifikation mit dem Aufnahmeland. In einer der ersten Studien, die zwischen religiösen und ethnischen Netzwerken unterscheidet, untersuchten wir Daten aus Startkohorte 3 (jüngere Schüler) und Startkohorte 4. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass das Engagement in religiösen Gemeinschaften mit einem besseren Abschneiden in mathematischen Leistungstests einhergeht, ein zunehmender Anteil an Nachbarn derselben Herkunft diesen Vorteil aber untergräbt. Dieser antagonistische Effekt stellt die Annahme in Frage, dass ethnische oder religiöse Gemeinden grundsätzlich förderlich oder schädlich sind. Anhand Daten der Startkohorte 6 und direkter Messungen sozialer Ressourcen sowie der sozioökonomischen Zusammensetzung von Netzwerken, konnten wir weiterhin zeigen, dass ethnisch geprägte Netzwerke die Integration in den Arbeitsmarkt erschweren, da sie geringeres aufnahmelandspezifisches Sozialkapital bieten. Im Gegensatz dazu finden wir weder Hinweise auf positive Auswirkungen von Peer Groups noch einen eigenständigen Effekt von ethnisch geprägtem Sozialkapital auf die Arbeitsmarktintegration."
Year 2012
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43464 Project

Female migrants from developed countries in Southern Europe: A study of integration

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'Women-migrants in Europe often face the ‘double disadvantage’ [as women and as foreigners] in the two main, mutually reinforcing aspects of their migration careers [the socio-political disadvantage and the labour market disadvantage] (Boswell et a. 2004; Boyd & Grieco 2003; CEDAW 2010; Rubin et al. 2008). Their social exclusion is illuminated by their intersecting encounters with racism and xenophobia, sexism, political inactivity and impeded access to welfare services and benefits. In the labour market they face the following forms of disadvantage: (1) unemployment; (2) under-employment (or over-qualification); (3) temporary and short-term contracts, and (4) discriminated payment in comparison with both the native-born- and the male migrant populations. This is particularly the case for (highly) skilled female migrants in SE. Detailed knowledge about their integration experiences and strategies is a tool toward the utilization of their skills in destination countries. However, there is insufficient and disintegrated information about this (ibid). The FEMIDE project will explore, from the multi-disciplinary perspective, integration among US and UK women living in the SE countries of Italy and Greece. It will focus on women who have settled in these countries having received university degrees in their countries of origin, and who could therefore contribute to so-called ‘skilled’ workforce. The project will use multiple methods such as narrative biographic interview, e-forum, e-survey, focus group, critical discourse analysis and social network analysis in order to understand to what extent these women have been integrated and to what extent their skills have been utilized within the transitional migration regime context and within the global context of high skill shortages. The concepts of ‘gender’, ‘skilled migration’ and ‘labour market segmentation’ will theoretically inform my inquiry into how such female migrants understand their own integration or exclusion.'
Year 2012
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43465 Project

Migration and the crisis in Greek society: the parameters of a coordinated departure

Authors Thanos Maroukis
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Research Fellow of ELIAMEP, Dr. Thanos Maroukis discusses immigration and the crisis in the Greek society. Greek migration policy over the last 20 years, on the one hand, puts obstacles to the legal flow of third country nationals (TCNs), and on the other, it occasionally regularises their existence and work in Greek society. In recent years certain important steps have been taken by Greek governments (albeit with a delay) towards consolidating the residence status of many foreigners and supporting their socio-political integration process.
Year 2012
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43466 Report

Language policy and minority language education in Ireland: re-exploring the issues

Authors Muiris O. Laoire
Year 2012
Journal Name Language, Culture and Curriculum
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43467 Journal Article

Statistical data collection on migration in the Republic of Belarus

Authors Anastacia BOBROVA, Liudmila SHAKHOTSKA
Description
Information on migration in Belarus is mainly gathered via 2 kinds of official sources, namely those produced by the National Statistical Institute (section 1) and those produced by the Ministry of Interior (section 2). Both apply to emigration and immigration.
Year 2011
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43468 Report

Acquisition of Cross-Ethnic Friends by Recent Immigrants in Canada: A Longitudinal Approach

Authors Borja Martinovic, Frank van Tubergen, Ineke Maas
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 19
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43469 Journal Article

Human Smuggling in Austria: A Comparative Analysis of Data on Smuggled Migrants from Former Yugoslavia and the Russian Federation

Authors Daniela Peterka-Benton
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 2
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43470 Journal Article

Labor Shortages and U.S. Immigration Reform: Promises and Perils of an Independent Commission

Authors Philip Martin, Martin Ruhs
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 13
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43471 Journal Article

What Explains the Increasing Trend in African Emigration to the U.S.?

Authors Kevin J. A. Thomas
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 21
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43472 Journal Article

“Foreign Brides” Meet Ethnic Politics in Taiwan

Authors Ming-Chang Tsai
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 18
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43473 Journal Article

A New Era in Australian Multiculturalism? From Working-Class “Ethnics” to a “Multicultural Middle- Class”

Authors Val Colic-Peisker
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 21
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43474 Journal Article

Age-at-Arrival's Effects on Asian Immigrants’ Socioeconomic Outcomes in Canada and the U.S.

Authors Sharon M. Lee, Barry Edmonston
Year 2011
Journal Name International Migration Review
Citations (WoS) 17
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43475 Journal Article

Absence of a 'community' and spatial invisibility : migrants from Albania in Greece and the case of Thessaloniki

Authors Ifigeneia KOKKALI
Year 2011
Book Title Frank ECKARDT and John EADE (eds), Ethnically diverse city, Berlin : Berliner-Wissenschaafts-Verlag, 2011, Future urban research in Europe ; 4, pp. 85-114
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43476 Book Chapter

Fin de régime et migrations en Libye : les enseignements juridiques d’un pays en feu

Authors Delphine PERRIN
Year 2011
Journal Name [Migration Policy Centre]
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43477 Journal Article

Afro-Diasporic Seasonings

Authors Lidia Marte
Year 2011
Journal Name Food, Culture & Society
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43500 Journal Article
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