Defining Nations in Asia and Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Ethnic Return Migration Policy

Skrentny, John D.; Chan, Stephanie; Fox, Jon E; Kim, Denis

doi:10.1111/j.1747-7379.2007.00100.x

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“…Some governments, such as the Chinese government, have offered incentives to high-skilled members of their diaspora to return (Iredale and Guo n.d.). Several governments have also implemented policies that allow the children of immigrants to return for various reasons, including protection against persecution and a belief that co-ethnics will more easily assimilate when compared with others (Skrentny et al 2009). …”

Section: Political Factorsmentioning

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For love and money: second-generation Indian-Americans ‘return’ to India

Jain¹

2012

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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This article focuses on the 'return' of second-generation Indian-American professionals from the US to their parental homeland, India. Based on qualitative interviews with forty-eight second-generation Indian-Americans working in the cities of New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad, it examines the question of why they 'return' to India. Data suggest that better job opportunities in India motivated and enabled respondents to 'return'. Importantly, they also 'returned' to develop an independent and personal relationship with the country. Their migration decisions were shaped by their transnational praxis and cultural affiliations to India and the stage in the life-course. My findings also suggest that for some second-generation immigrants, 'return' does not necessarily imply permanent settlement in the parental homeland or mark the end of the migration cycle.

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Section: Political Factorsmentioning

confidence: 98%

For love and money: second-generation Indian-Americans ‘return’ to India

Jain¹

2012

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…Second, Japanese immigration policy grants more entitlements to skilled economic migrants than to low‐skilled economic migrants, but co‐ethnic migrants are still the most privileged group. This is not surprising since many countries reserve a special immigration status for those who can trace back their ethnic lineage (Skrentny et al., ). When we compare co‐ethnic migrants with the other group of de facto economic migrants, that is, trainees and interns, the former clearly enjoy a blood premium whilst the latter do not.…”

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A Closed Immigration Country: Revisiting Japan as a Negative Case

Komine

2018

International Migration

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The Japanese government maintains that the country admits only skilled economic migrants. Its statistics tell a different story. Skilled and low‐skilled economic migrants are admitted in equal measure. The aim of this article is to explain the dissonance between the government's policy rhetoric and policy outcome by turning to policy output. To this end, I quantitatively analyse immigration admission channels for economic migrants, using Ruhs' Openness and Rights Indicators (2013). The main findings not only go against much of what we believe about Japan but helps us reach a more nuanced understanding of its immigration policies. I demonstrate that Japanese immigration admission policies have become more open towards de facto low‐skilled economic migrants over time and are more open to de facto low‐skilled economic migrants than to de jure skilled economic migrants. Instead of openness, the gains made by certain groups of de jure skilled economic migrants have been exclusive immigration privileges related to permanent residence and family sponsorship.

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“…En lo que respecta al tipo de políticas que han desarrollado los distintos gobiernos nacionales, varios investigadores han ofrecido estudios comparativos (Gamlen, 2008;Margheritis, 2015;Ragazzi, 2014;Skrentny et al, 2009).…”

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«No me toca el corazón»: examinando las políticas para la diáspora en Galicia y el Véneto

Cortés

2018

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ResumenEn un momento en que las políticas para la diáspora están en auge a nivel global y la mayor parte de las investigaciones estudia iniciativas generadas desde los Estados nación, este artículo examina las políticas para la diáspora desplegadas desde una escala más pequeña. Tomando como casos de estudio las medidas de dos regiones de España e Italia (Galicia y el Véneto), se analizan los antecedentes, las características, las motivaciones y la evolución de las políticas regionales para la diáspora y se exploran algunas de sus consecuencias. El artí-culo adopta la perspectiva de la antropología de las políticas para analizar las políticas para la diáspora, y explora sus consecuencias a partir de un trabajo etnográfico que incorpora las narraciones de dos generaciones de migrantes que pueden categorizarse como diáspora. Se revelan un incremento del lenguaje economicista en las políticas y un escaso interés hacia las mismas por parte de los migrantes entrevistados. Palabras clave: políticas; diáspora; narraciones migrantes; Italia; España Abstract. "It doesn't touch my heart": Examining diaspora policies in Galicia and VenetoAt a time when diaspora policies are on the rise globally and most research is focusing attention on initiatives developed by nation-states, this paper examines diaspora mechanisms generated on a smaller scale. Taking the diaspora policies implemented by two regions of Spain and Italy (Galicia and Veneto) as case studies, this paper analyzes the premises, characteristics, motivations, and evolution of these initiatives and explores some of their consequences. The paper employs an anthropology of policy lens to analyze diaspora policies. An ethnographic approach is used to explore some of the consequences of diaspora policies by examining the narratives of two generations of migrants who can be categorized as diaspora. An increase in the economic language of policies and little interest towards diaspora policies among migrants are revealed.

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Defining Nations in Asia and Europe: A Comparative Analysis of Ethnic Return Migration Policy

Cited by 79 publications

References 47 publications

For love and money: second-generation Indian-Americans ‘return’ to India

For love and money: second-generation Indian-Americans ‘return’ to India

A Closed Immigration Country: Revisiting Japan as a Negative Case

«No me toca el corazón»: examinando las políticas para la diáspora en Galicia y el Véneto

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