Great Migration's great return? An examination of second-generation return migration to the South

Return migration is an under-explored area of population mobility studies. Although the return intention does not represent a guarantee for its realization, migrants who express the intention to return have a better chance of achieving it compared to those who do not even think about it. Return migration can have great importance for the country of origin?s overall development, especially when it comes to return of young people. The paper presents the results of a survey carried out among the second generation members of migrants from Serbia in canton of Lucerne (Switzerland) with the aim of determining their return intentions. The research excludes the possibility of short-term (temporary) return, and the respondents answered about the intentions related exclusively to permanent return. For the purposes of the paper, an online questionnaire was conducted as well as interviews. The results indicated the complexity and indissolubility of migrants? ties with the Republic of Serbia on different levels. However, the return intention has been shown to be influenced by a number of factors that are primarily related to life satisfaction in the country of destination. In that context, it is not surprising that most of the respondents (48.4%) do not plan to return to Serbia, some of them (30.3%) might return, while the smallest number of respondents (21.2%) intend to return. In contrast to the intentions of the respondents themselves, it was found that the respondents? parents (the first generation of migrants) have a greater intention to return to Serbia (66.7%). By crossing the data, it was determined that the return intention is most express among employedmen who are married, who send remittances and visit Serbia two to five times a year. The intention to stay in the country of destination is most express among women aged 20-24 who are employed, unmarried and have no children. In addition, the results showed that respondents who plan to return are more likely to make contact with friends and relatives in Serbia than respondents who do not plan to return.

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The Chrysanthemum and the Song: Music, Memory and Identity in the South American Japanese Diaspora; Strangers in the Ethnic Homeland: Japanese Brazilian Return Migration in Transnational Perspective:The Chrysanthemum and the Song: Music, Memory and Identity in the South American Japanese Diaspora;Strangers in the Ethnic Homeland: Japanese Brazilian Return Migration in Transnational Perspective

American Anthropologist ◽

10.1525/aa.2006.108.2.397 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 108 (2) ◽

pp. 397-398

Author(s):

DANIEL M. MASTERSON

Keyword(s):

Return Migration ◽

South American ◽

The South

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‘You’ll Have to Start Learning Irish Now’: Irish Return Migration and the Return of the Second Generation to the Connemara Gaeltacht Region

Return Migration and Regional Development in Europe ◽

10.1057/978-1-137-57509-8_9 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 195-212

Author(s):

Rhona Ní Chearbhaill

Keyword(s):

Return Migration ◽

Second Generation

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The Great Migration and Residential Segregation in American Cities during the Twentieth Century

Social Science History ◽

10.1017/ssh.2019.46 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 19-55 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Christine Leibbrand ◽

Catherine Massey ◽

J. Trent Alexander ◽

Katie R. Genadek ◽

Stewart Tolnay

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Residential Segregation ◽

Second Generation ◽

Great Migration ◽

The South ◽

Racial Residential Segregation ◽

The North ◽

The Great Migration ◽

The Individual ◽

American Cities

ABSTRACTThe Great Migration from the South and the rise of racial residential segregation strongly shaped the twentieth-century experience of African Americans. Yet, little attention has been devoted to how the two phenomena were linked, especially with respect to the individual experiences of the migrants. We address this gap by using novel data that links individual records from the complete-count 1940 Census to those in the 2000 Census long form, in conjunction with information about the level of racial residential segregation in metropolitan areas in 1940 and 2000. We first consider whether migrants from the South and their children experienced higher or lower levels of segregation in 1940 relative to their counterparts who were born in the North or who remained in the South. Next, we extend our analysis to second-generation Great Migration migrants and their segregation outcomes by observing their location in 2000. Additionally, we assess whether second-generation migrants experience larger decreases in their exposure to segregation as their socioeconomic status increases relative to their southern and/or northern stayer counterparts. Our study significantly advances our understanding of the Great Migration and the “segregated century.”

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HURRICANE KATRINA AND NEW ORLEANIANS' SENSE OF PLACE: Return and Reconstitution or “Gone with the Wind”?

Du Bois Review Social Science Research on Race ◽

10.1017/s1742058x06060036 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 115-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

William W. Falk ◽

Matthew O. Hunt ◽

Larry L. Hunt

Keyword(s):

African Americans ◽

Hurricane Katrina ◽

New Orleans ◽

Return Migration ◽

Census Data ◽

The South ◽

Gone With The Wind ◽

Race And Class ◽

Political Debates ◽

The City

This paper explores some implications of Hurricane Katrina, especially as it affected, and will continue to affect, African Americans. Our observations stem largely from our ongoing examination of the demography of African Americans, including motivations to leave the South historically, and recent changes generating a significant “return migration” of African Americans to the South. The specific case of Katrina-related migration requires examining issues of race and class—including the destinations to which Katrina's victims were displaced and key features of the place to which they might return. We leave for others the evaluation of ongoing political debates concerning responsibility for who did what, and why. Our focus is on New Orleans as a place, and what prospects exist for reconstituting that place in light of past, present, and prospective demographic trends. We first review recent work on place and identity, and describe the general features of past migration patterns of African Americans—both from the South and back to the South. We then identify important features of New Orleans as a distinctive place on the U.S. landscape, in part by comparing New Orleans with other southern cities using the 1% Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) sample of 2000 U.S. Census data. Finally, we assess the prospects of the reconstitution of New Orleans as a place resembling what it was prior to Katrina, by examining the intersecting factors of race, class, and ethnicity in shaping how, and by whom, the city may be resettled. We project that the city will be smaller, more White and Hispanic, more affluent, and more tourism/ entertainment-oriented than its pre-Katrina reality. Given the difficulty of making such projections, we conclude with an analysis of various demographic portraits of what the racial composition of New Orleans may become, depending on (1) its future size, and (2) relative rates of return migration by White and Black New Orleanians.

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The Ahl-e-Hadith: From British India to Britain

Modern Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0026749x21000093 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-31

Author(s):

HIRA AMIN ◽

AZHAR MAJOTHI

Keyword(s):

Middle East ◽

South Asian ◽

Significant Role ◽

Second Generation ◽

British India ◽

The South ◽

Close Relationship ◽

Continuous Presence ◽

The 1960S

Abstract Studies on Salafism tend to put the spotlight on the Middle East, rendering all other movements as secondary offshoots. In the British context, research typically focuses on British Salafi groups and their close relationship with Arab Salafis; it usually locates the origins of the British Salafi movement in the 1980s with the rise of cohorts among second-generation Muslims and converts to Islam, with fleeting remarks on the South Asian Ahl-e-Hadith who migrated to Britain from the 1960s onwards. This article recentres the South Asian Ahl-e-Hadith movement within the narrative of British Salafism. Tracing its trajectory from its origins in British India to Britain, this article argues that in the 1970s the Ahl-e-Hadith played a significant role in laying the foundations for British Salafism. Furthermore, far from being eclipsed by newer cohorts, it highlights the hitherto continuous presence of the Ahl-e-Hadith in the British Muslim landscape and emphasizes its overlapping, yet distinct, position in relation to the spectrum of Arab-inspired British Salafism.

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