Transnationalism of Burundian Refugees in The Netherlands: The Importance of Migration Motives | Zendy

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Transnationalism of Burundian Refugees in The Netherlands: The Importance of Migration Motives

Author(s) -

Peter Mascini,

Alfons Fermin,

Hilde Snick

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of population research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2090-4029

pISSN - 2090-4037

DOI - 10.1155/2012/962327

Subject(s) - transnationalism , refugee , gender studies , political science , sociology , demographic economics , economic geography , geography , politics , economics , law

It is equivocal whether the transnationalism of refugees differs significantly from that of labor and family migrants. On the basis of a strategic case study of Burundian refugees in The Netherlands we demonstrate that migration motives undeniably matter for transnationalism. Transnationalism is not self-evident for Burundians, as they are driven by a motive of flight. Moreover, transnationalism is not automatically oriented towards compatriots and manifests itself differently in The Netherlands than in Belgium. Therefore, we conclude that the study of refugees is an essential complement to the prevailing research on the transnationalism of settled labor and family migrant communities

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