Guang Yang, Masood Abdulla Badri, Saad Ibrahim Yaaqeib, Asma Salem AlRashdi, Mouza Awadh AlMheiri
This study examines the relationships between a comprehensive set of variables and subjective well‐being among a representative sample of 2554 male blue‐collar migrant workers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The results of multilevel modelling show that mental health, sense of safety and security, job satisfaction, housing and living environment, and institutional trust are among the key predictors of the subjective well‐being of blue‐collar migrant workers. Contradictory to the adverse effects of income inequality on well‐being and the shift of frames of reference, evidence indicates that blue‐collar migrant workers in Abu Dhabi engage in limited social comparison and that the structures of work and daily life matter strongly for this group of workers of low socioeconomic status.
{"title":"From South Asia to the United Arab Emirates with hope: The subjective well‐being of blue‐collar migrant workers revisited","authors":"Guang Yang, Masood Abdulla Badri, Saad Ibrahim Yaaqeib, Asma Salem AlRashdi, Mouza Awadh AlMheiri","doi":"10.1111/imig.13364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13364","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the relationships between a comprehensive set of variables and subjective well‐being among a representative sample of 2554 male blue‐collar migrant workers in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The results of multilevel modelling show that mental health, sense of safety and security, job satisfaction, housing and living environment, and institutional trust are among the key predictors of the subjective well‐being of blue‐collar migrant workers. Contradictory to the adverse effects of income inequality on well‐being and the shift of frames of reference, evidence indicates that blue‐collar migrant workers in Abu Dhabi engage in limited social comparison and that the structures of work and daily life matter strongly for this group of workers of low socioeconomic status.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"207 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143056942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The actors who carry out migration information campaigns—and thus serve as ‘information senders’—vary greatly. Existing studies on the effectiveness of such campaigns typically focus on one case of an information campaign. It is difficult to compare these case studies because, in addition to the different implementing actors, they differ substantially in terms of the content conveyed and the ways they are carried out. As a result, evidence of the causal effect of the information senders is missing. I argue that who implements the campaign is not trivial, as each type of information sender may be associated with a different level of credibility, and psychological models of information processing suggest that a senders' credibility is key to the impact of information. To corroborate and complement existing research, I present findings from a longitudinal survey experiment in Nigeria among students who were presented with the same hypothetical information campaign while the information sender was varied: each an international and local NGO, government and social contact. The results show overall similar effect directions for the different information senders, namely an increase in awareness of the campaign topic of irregular migration and a reduction of (irregular) migration intentions among the participants. However, notable differences are observed in effect size and effect persistence per sender and opposing actors are most influential regarding general versus irregular migration. Descriptive mediation analyses support the relevance of credibility per sender and imply the existence of a topic‐dependent sender credibility effect.
{"title":"The role of sender credibility in migration information campaigns","authors":"Sandra Morgenstern","doi":"10.1111/imig.13383","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13383","url":null,"abstract":"The actors who carry out migration information campaigns—and thus serve as ‘information senders’—vary greatly. Existing studies on the effectiveness of such campaigns typically focus on one case of an information campaign. It is difficult to compare these case studies because, in addition to the different implementing actors, they differ substantially in terms of the content conveyed and the ways they are carried out. As a result, evidence of the causal effect of the information senders is missing. I argue that who implements the campaign is not trivial, as each type of information sender may be associated with a different level of credibility, and psychological models of information processing suggest that a senders' credibility is key to the impact of information. To corroborate and complement existing research, I present findings from a longitudinal survey experiment in Nigeria among students who were presented with the same hypothetical information campaign while the information sender was varied: each an international and local NGO, government and social contact. The results show overall similar effect directions for the different information senders, namely an increase in awareness of the campaign topic of irregular migration and a reduction of (irregular) migration intentions among the participants. However, notable differences are observed in effect size and effect persistence per sender and opposing actors are most influential regarding general versus irregular migration. Descriptive mediation analyses support the relevance of credibility per sender and imply the existence of a topic‐dependent sender credibility effect.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143056605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The demographic future of migration is African","authors":"Kathryn Foster, Matthew Hall","doi":"10.1111/imig.13377","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143030911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Already before the full‐scale Russian aggression on Ukraine, Poland has been a country inhabited by autochthonous Ukrainians and has remained a popular destination for their co‐ethnic migrants from Ukraine. Many research on diasporic collectivities and their mutual relations identify various ‘diaspora segments’ or connections of ‘groups’ and ‘communities’ within the given diaspora. The focal point on intra‐diasporic differences is a kind of deconstruction of the seemingly coherent communities. However, it is based on taking their existence for granted. An attempt to overcome this perspective is focusing on diaspora‐forming processes as a non‐essentialist and processual approach that localizes the diaspora in the sphere of social imaginings and cultural practices. The diaspora‐forming processes concept, which this paper offers drawing on the ethnographic fieldwork among Ukrainians in Poland, helps to trace intra‐diasporic relations (instead of differences), and multiple identifications that create diasporic groups in peoples' minds.
{"title":"From differences to relations: Towards diaspora‐forming processes","authors":"Patrycja Trzeszczyńska, Grzegorz Demel","doi":"10.1111/imig.13361","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13361","url":null,"abstract":"Already before the full‐scale Russian aggression on Ukraine, Poland has been a country inhabited by autochthonous Ukrainians and has remained a popular destination for their co‐ethnic migrants from Ukraine. Many research on diasporic collectivities and their mutual relations identify various ‘diaspora segments’ or connections of ‘groups’ and ‘communities’ within the given diaspora. The focal point on intra‐diasporic differences is a kind of deconstruction of the seemingly coherent communities. However, it is based on taking their existence for granted. An attempt to overcome this perspective is focusing on diaspora‐forming processes as a non‐essentialist and processual approach that localizes the diaspora in the sphere of social imaginings and cultural practices. The diaspora‐forming processes concept, which this paper offers drawing on the ethnographic fieldwork among Ukrainians in Poland, helps to trace intra‐diasporic relations (instead of differences), and multiple identifications that create diasporic groups in peoples' minds.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143030910","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to ‘knowledge is confused’: Rethinking pull factors in light of asylum and refugee integration policies","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/imig.13367","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13367","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143031127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marta Pachocka, Arkadiusz Lewandowski, Michał Nowosielski, Joanna Zuzanna Popławska, Dominik Wach
The full‐scale aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. In Poland, most forced migrants settled in urban areas, turning cities into unique proving grounds for humanitarian assistance and testing their resilience capabilities. We explore this phenomenon using the case study of three medium‐sized cities with particular attention to the roles of and relationships between local actors (local governments, civil society, and local businesses and universities). Our analysis of urban responses is grounded in theories of social resilience and multi‐level governance (MLG). We argue that there are similarities in how medium‐sized cities responded to the challenges posed by a massive refugee influx. We also contend that their responses were different from those of large cities as a result of their limited experience in receiving migrants, their less diverse and specialised actor base, and the more limited capitals at their disposal. The article is based on primary (30 semi‐structured IDIs and participant observation) and secondary data.
{"title":"Resilient responses to the massive influx of forced migrants: A case study of medium‐sized cities in Poland","authors":"Marta Pachocka, Arkadiusz Lewandowski, Michał Nowosielski, Joanna Zuzanna Popławska, Dominik Wach","doi":"10.1111/imig.13372","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13372","url":null,"abstract":"The full‐scale aggression against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 caused an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. In Poland, most forced migrants settled in urban areas, turning cities into unique proving grounds for humanitarian assistance and testing their resilience capabilities. We explore this phenomenon using the case study of three medium‐sized cities with particular attention to the roles of and relationships between local actors (local governments, civil society, and local businesses and universities). Our analysis of urban responses is grounded in theories of social resilience and multi‐level governance (MLG). We argue that there are similarities in how medium‐sized cities responded to the challenges posed by a massive refugee influx. We also contend that their responses were different from those of large cities as a result of their limited experience in receiving migrants, their less diverse and specialised actor base, and the more limited capitals at their disposal. The article is based on primary (30 semi‐structured IDIs and participant observation) and secondary data.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"206 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143027180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study examines the relationship between socio‐economic factors and migration aspirations among Moldovans using a mixed‐methods approach. It combines quantitative analysis of demographic and economic variables with qualitative interviews to explore the factors that drive migration considerations. The findings show that economically disadvantaged individuals are less likely to migrate due to concerns about social costs, while wealthier individuals are more inclined to move. Contrary to expectations, social capital, remittances, and overseas networks play a limited role in encouraging migration, often reinforcing the decision to stay. These results challenge existing migration theories and highlight the need to consider Moldova's unique socio‐economic context when analyzing migration aspirations.
{"title":"Transnational mobility in Moldova: Exploring socio‐economic triggers for migration aspirations","authors":"Ludmila Bogdan","doi":"10.1111/imig.13358","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13358","url":null,"abstract":"This study examines the relationship between socio‐economic factors and migration aspirations among Moldovans using a mixed‐methods approach. It combines quantitative analysis of demographic and economic variables with qualitative interviews to explore the factors that drive migration considerations. The findings show that economically disadvantaged individuals are less likely to migrate due to concerns about social costs, while wealthier individuals are more inclined to move. Contrary to expectations, social capital, remittances, and overseas networks play a limited role in encouraging migration, often reinforcing the decision to stay. These results challenge existing migration theories and highlight the need to consider Moldova's unique socio‐economic context when analyzing migration aspirations.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143020405","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This research focuses on various social integration patterns, as perceived by both Eritrean asylum seekers and professionals from NGOs and the Tel Aviv municipality who assist them. The study explores various theoretical concepts such as social exclusion, adaptation, incorporation, and integration in the context of migrants' interaction with the host society. These concepts traditionally suggest a linear progression; however, our findings indicate a more complex and dynamic social process. This is exemplified by the “differential exclusion model”: Namely, a situation where immigrants are incorporated into specific sectors of society but are excluded from others. Employing a qualitative research approach, the study involved semi‐structured interviews with 10 Eritrean asylum seekers and 11 Israeli professionals. The main findings indicate that due to help from professionals who work with them and other Israeli friends or employers, the Eritreans' sense of belonging‐feeling “at home,” is rather strong. However, Eritrean social networks appear to be quite loose and weak, and the strength of their community seems to have lost its leaders to other host countries, according to both Eritrean and professional perceptions. Although Tel Aviv serves as a partial resettlement “world city,” maintaining the differential exclusion model policy, as perceived by both groups of interviewees, the broader Israeli government policy offers even fewer opportunities for social integration. Given the prolonged state of uncertainty faced by this forced migrant community, the study concludes that it is imperative for they will be granted formal legal status, which might facilitate better social integration and inclusion for Eritrean asylum seekers and their children in Tel Aviv or Israel.
{"title":"Between social integration, incorporation and exclusion: Perceptions of Eritrean forced migrants and Israeli professionals","authors":"Lilach Lev Ari, Arie Herscovici","doi":"10.1111/imig.70000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70000","url":null,"abstract":"This research focuses on various social integration patterns, as perceived by both Eritrean asylum seekers and professionals from NGOs and the Tel Aviv municipality who assist them. The study explores various theoretical concepts such as social exclusion, adaptation, incorporation, and integration in the context of migrants' interaction with the host society. These concepts traditionally suggest a linear progression; however, our findings indicate a more complex and dynamic social process. This is exemplified by the “differential exclusion model”: Namely, a situation where immigrants are incorporated into specific sectors of society but are excluded from others. Employing a qualitative research approach, the study involved semi‐structured interviews with 10 Eritrean asylum seekers and 11 Israeli professionals. The main findings indicate that due to help from professionals who work with them and other Israeli friends or employers, the Eritreans' sense of belonging‐feeling “at home,” is rather strong. However, Eritrean social networks appear to be quite loose and weak, and the strength of their community seems to have lost its leaders to other host countries, according to both Eritrean and professional perceptions. Although Tel Aviv serves as a partial resettlement “world city,” maintaining the differential exclusion model policy, as perceived by both groups of interviewees, the broader Israeli government policy offers even fewer opportunities for social integration. Given the prolonged state of uncertainty faced by this forced migrant community, the study concludes that it is imperative for they will be granted formal legal status, which might facilitate better social integration and inclusion for Eritrean asylum seekers and their children in Tel Aviv or Israel.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142991202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social networks in migration and migrant incorporation: New developments and challenges","authors":"Raffaele Vacca, Başak Bilecen, Miranda J. Lubbers","doi":"10.1111/imig.13373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13373","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"140 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142991142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper qualitatively probed the risk framing, mitigation and resilience strategies of irregular migrants in a bid to unravel the paradox of how such actors, perceived to be poor and as such may lack ideational and financial agency, with no guarantees of success, can (persistently) operationalize and undertake costly, illegal and dangerous international journeys. Drawing on responses from Europe‐based, deported and prospective first‐time irregular migrants either hailing from or domiciled in the Bono East, Bono and Ahafo Regions of Ghana, the findings of this study demonstrate that all three categories of respondents were risk‐neutral, had risk mitigation and resilient strategies enabled by, among others, involvement in informal/illegal solidaristic economic ventures, the utilization of extended family associational norms, trust in the efficacy of irregular migration service providers as against that of foreign missions and faith in providence.
{"title":"On the odyssey of the irregular Ghanaian migrant: Risk framing, mitigation and resilience strategies in an uncertain venture1","authors":"Nene‐Lomotey Kuditchar","doi":"10.1111/imig.13381","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13381","url":null,"abstract":"This paper qualitatively probed the risk framing, mitigation and resilience strategies of irregular migrants in a bid to unravel the paradox of how such actors, perceived to be poor and as such may lack ideational and financial agency, with no guarantees of success, can (persistently) operationalize and undertake costly, illegal and dangerous international journeys. Drawing on responses from Europe‐based, deported and prospective first‐time irregular migrants either hailing from or domiciled in the Bono East, Bono and Ahafo Regions of Ghana, the findings of this study demonstrate that all three categories of respondents were risk‐neutral, had risk mitigation and resilient strategies enabled by, among others, involvement in informal/illegal solidaristic economic ventures, the utilization of extended family associational norms, trust in the efficacy of irregular migration service providers as against that of foreign missions and faith in providence.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142988778","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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