scholarly journals There's no place like home: Hanaian and Nigerian-Canadian children sent "back home"

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Agyei-Odame
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Transnational Ties ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Push And Pull

For many African immigrants to Canada, their reason of relocating can fall under a variety of push and pull factors of migration. Immigrants often settle in the host country and then have children. Many scholars have showcased the benefits of transnational ties for immigrants to their home country but rarely has this been examined through second generation immigrant children as being vessels of which this occurs. This research uncovered reasons why some Ghanaian and Nigerian-Canadian parents decided to send their Canadian born children to Ghana or Nigeria temporarily. Through qualitative data interviews with Ghanaian and Nigerian-Canadian parents from the Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area, this study explored how transnational identity impacted this type of migration for second generation African immigrant children in Canada. Through Durkheim’s socialization theory, the findings and themes explored the various aspects of transnational relationships and identities. Key Words: Transnationalism, Bifocality, Second Generation, Ghanaian/Nigerian-Canadian, Back Home, Socialization, Identity

scholarly journals There's no place like home: Hanaian and Nigerian-Canadian children sent "back home"

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Agyei-Odame
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Socialization Theory ◽  
Greater Toronto Area ◽  
Transnational Ties ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
Push And Pull

For many African immigrants to Canada, their reason of relocating can fall under a variety of push and pull factors of migration. Immigrants often settle in the host country and then have children. Many scholars have showcased the benefits of transnational ties for immigrants to their home country but rarely has this been examined through second generation immigrant children as being vessels of which this occurs. This research uncovered reasons why some Ghanaian and Nigerian-Canadian parents decided to send their Canadian born children to Ghana or Nigeria temporarily. Through qualitative data interviews with Ghanaian and Nigerian-Canadian parents from the Hamilton and the Greater Toronto Area, this study explored how transnational identity impacted this type of migration for second generation African immigrant children in Canada. Through Durkheim’s socialization theory, the findings and themes explored the various aspects of transnational relationships and identities. Key Words: Transnationalism, Bifocality, Second Generation, Ghanaian/Nigerian-Canadian, Back Home, Socialization, Identity

Push and Pull Factors of Migration

2010 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natasha C. Parkins
Keyword(s):  
Home Country ◽  
Violent Crimes ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Social Opportunities ◽  
Professional Class ◽  
Advantageous Position ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Push And Pull ◽  
First World

Peoples of the Caribbean in general, and Jamaicans in particular, have always been a migratory people. However, over the last 30 years, the emigration rates have increased substantially, with alarming rates in particular, of highly skilled individuals. There are four major factors which emerged in this study and influence this phenomenon: 1. Crime, violence, lawlessness and general societal indiscipline, 2. Occupation and skill mismatch, 3. Lack of economic opportunities, and 4. Lack of social opportunities. This study suggests that both the direct and indirect effects of crime in general and violent crimes in particular, combined with suitable employment for the migrant’s skill set, have forced some members of Jamaica’s professional class to gravitate towards First World countries, taking their skill set which their home country has financed. This places their host country in an advantageous position as these skills contribute to that country’s development and growth. In return, such countries offer migrants secure economic (e.g., skill-career match and ability to afford their desired lifestyle) and social opportunities (e.g., desired health care) currently unavailable in the country of origin.

scholarly journals Self-reported mental health in 12-year-old second-generation immigrant children in Sweden

2011 ◽  
Vol 65 (6) ◽  
pp. 389-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Dekeyser ◽  
Carl Göran Svedin ◽  
Sara Agnafors ◽  
Gunilla Sydsjö
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Generation Immigrant

scholarly journals Vietnamese Parents and Czech Nannies: Second-Generation Immigrant Children and their Educators

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 320-333 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adéla Souralová
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Future Expectations ◽  
Second Generation Immigrants ◽  
Generation Immigrant ◽  
The Moment

Many second-generation Vietnamese immigrant children in the Czech Republic are brought up by Czech nannies. While their parents are incorporated into the labour market in order to provide their children with suffi cient economic capital for their education, the role of caregivers is relinquished to nannies. Both parents and nannies become important actors in the children’s educational process, from the stage of acquiring fi rst words, through primary school, to the moment they are admitted into university. This paper analyses the roles of parents and nannies in this educational process. It draws upon 60 interviews conducted with fi rst-generation immigrant mothers, second-generation immigrants, and Czech nannies. The perspective of all three actors are presented here in order to reveal the interviewee’s understanding of the role of education in the parent-child and nanny-child relationships. How is education manifested in the defi nitions of parenting and caregiving? The paper illuminates the educational strategies taking place outside the educational institution as being an inherent part of everyday life. Simultaneously, the article reveals the meanings of education for the immigrant families as being linked both to past experience and future expectations.

scholarly journals Urolithiasis in second‐generation immigrant children younger than 18 years of age in Sweden

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (1) ◽  
pp. 340-346
Author(s):  
Per Wändell ◽  
Axel C. Carlsson ◽  
Xinjun Li ◽  
Jan Sundquist ◽  
Kristina Sundquist
Keyword(s):  
Second Generation ◽  
Immigrant Children ◽  
Generation Immigrant

The Dynamics of Brokering in Second Generation Transnationalism

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Armand Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Mexican Americans ◽  
Second Generation ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Filipino Americans ◽  
Interpersonal Contact ◽  
Cross Border ◽  
Transnational Ties ◽  
The Common ◽  
Linguistic Proficiency

Abstract This study uses the concept of brokerage to explain how the transnational ties of the children of migrants born in the host country, i.e., the second generation, are initiated and sustained. By examining second generation Mexican- and Filipino-Americans, two groups that differ in linguistic proficiency, geographical proximity to the home country, and interpersonal contact with nonmigrants, this study highlights the common role of a broker for both groups. These findings also reveal the ways in which second generation ties can differ. The second generation utilized middleman brokerage, in which a broker is present throughout each connection; and catalyst brokerage, in which a broker facilitates only the initial ties. Overall, these forms of brokerage were shaped by the type of cross-border connection, linguistic proficiency, interpersonal contact, and emotional attachments between nonmigrants and the second generation. While Filipino-Americans in the sample generally required a middleman broker to be present throughout each connection, Mexican-Americans had a greater capacity to eventually engage in dyadic connections. Given the triadic nature of connections, cross-border ties were shaped and limited by the capacities and emotional attachments of those in the ancestral homeland, immigrant brokers, and the second generation.

scholarly journals Chinese Migrants in Italy: A Socio-economic Portrait

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
E. A. Maslova ◽  
R. Loreto Cecioni
Keyword(s):  
Textile Industry ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Italian Economy ◽  
Push And Pull Factors ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
Chinese Overseas ◽  
Push And Pull

Italy is one of the European countries hosting the largest number of Chinese immigrants. In the early 1980’s, the first Chinese new migrants came to Italy, where they would find an employment in the Italian textile industry. Since then, Chinese overseas have played an important role in the field of fashion, a sector of the Italian economy with a high demand in production and manual work. Petty trading and small-scale enterprises are also representations of the Chinese population’s activity in Italy. This article provides statistics concerning the Chinese migrants as an economically active person and the activities of the Chinese community in Italy as a whole.The authors analyze the phenomenon of Chinese labour migration to Italy from the point of view of the “push and pull factors” migration theory. This article illustrates the main factors leading Chinese citizens to leave their home country and shift to Italy, where China turns out to be the point of origin for one of the largest communities of extra-EU immigrants. It is shown that for the Chinese, Italy is a destination country, which is largely due to the already existing migrant network. As a case-study in the frame of this analysis, the authors take Prato (a municipal township located in Tuscany), renowned for hosting the largest Chinatown in Europe (so called “Chinese exclave”).

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