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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"International migrants"”.
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Exploring food Insecurity among international migrants in South Africa: a case study of Zimbabweans in Cape Town.
The connection between international migration and food insecurity has become a significant global issue over the past few years because of the rapid rise in migration flows as well as food insecurity. People are migrating temporarily and permanently outside their borders in search for better …
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I won't let you behind". The impact of migration on sending households"
A boost in the scale and complexity of international migration flows have occurred in the last decades. Movements of large numbers of people may produce welfare gains to families and communities left behind. This thesis analyses the implications of migration on well-being of sending societies, …
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A Portrait of Chinese Americans: From the Perspective of Assimilation
<p>With more than 40 million immigrants, the United States is the major destination for most international migrants. It has always been so because America is a nation of immigrants. The United States has been shaped by four waves of immigration, and unlike previous waves, in the past 50 years …
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Diaspora and development? Nigerian organisations in London and their transnational linkages with 'home'
… organisations as key institutions through which international migrants and their descendants contribute to the progress of 'home'. Consequently, these organisations are being lauded as new development actors that should be engaged and supported by governments and international agencies interested …
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Cultural Competence: An Issue For Education
… dramatic increases in population status. International migrants are entering our borders in record numbers in hopes to build brighter futures for themselves and forthcoming generations. If current demographic trends continue, by the end of the 21st century, non-Hispanic Whites will no …
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Patterns of international migration in the Santiago Metropolitan Area - Characterization of the immigrants' social space and contributions to the national policy debate
International migration to Chile and to the Santiago Metropolitan Area (SMA), its major point of attraction, is a rather recent phenomenon which is gaining more and more attention. According to the latest population census the number of foreigners who were born abroad and permanently live in Chile, …
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Unjust Profit: Moral Economies of Recycling and Migration in Urban Turkey
… dissertation examines how the arrival of foreign migrants into Istanbul’s recycling workforce has changed how citizens consider who or what should profit from the city’s waste. Based on twelve months of fieldwork in a peripheral Istanbul district, it proposes that labour encounters between foreign …
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Professional integration experiences of international medical graduates in Ireland and Canada
International migration of health professionals, specifically, doctors, especially from the technologically developing countries to developing ones is a phenomenon that is has received considerable attention from researchers, media and policy makers in the lately. This form of migration has sparked …
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A multiscalar, interdisciplinary study of the social and ecological dynamics of urban agriculture in Chicago, IL
… of informants in the study were internal or international migrants. For these individuals, gardening, culture-specific food plant assemblages, and the foodways they supported represented a continuation of cultural practices and traditional agroecological knowledges associated with their place …