Multiple Migration and Use of Ties: Bangladeshis in Italy and Beyond

Morad, Mohammad; Sacchetto, Devi

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“…Between 2000 and 2020, the number of migrants living in a country or area two or more income levels higher than their country or area of origin grew by 48 million; significantly more than any other group (figure 10). This trend may reflect the growing dynamism of diaspora networks from low-and lowermiddle-income countries and the role that such networks play in facilitating migration from their countries of origin (Docquier, Peri and Ruyssen, 2014;Morad and Sacchetto, 2019). Native worker shortages in many high-and upper-middle-income countries in sectors such as agriculture, construction, food processing, health and elderly care, and domestic work are other contributing factors (Gheasi and Nijkamp, 2017;Kim, 2017;Oishi, 2020).…”

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“…While the UK is traditionally the main destination for Bangladeshi migrants in Europe (Morad et al 2014(Morad et al , 2021, Italy has recently emerged as one of the major destinations on this continent. It has been argued that the earliest migrants mainly originated from other European countries, i.e., Germany, France and the Netherlands, which had tightened their migration policies and reduced the opportunities for entry and legal residence (Morad and Sacchetto 2020a). In contrast, Italy's flexible migration policy and its periodical regularization procedures have encouraged Bangladeshis to move to Italy from other EU countries to obtain documentation (Morad and Sacchetto 2020a;Morad and Gombač 2018).…”

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“…It has been argued that the earliest migrants mainly originated from other European countries, i.e., Germany, France and the Netherlands, which had tightened their migration policies and reduced the opportunities for entry and legal residence (Morad and Sacchetto 2020a). In contrast, Italy's flexible migration policy and its periodical regularization procedures have encouraged Bangladeshis to move to Italy from other EU countries to obtain documentation (Morad and Sacchetto 2020a;Morad and Gombač 2018). More specifically, Bangladeshi migrants started to arrive in Italy from the late 1980s, but this grew rapidly from the early 1990s (Zeitlyn 2006;Knights and King 1998) and continues to increase in the present times.…”

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“…In their article, Morad and Sacchetto (2020a) have pointed out that, during the earlier period, the entire Bangladeshi community lived in Rome. In the early years, they faced difficulty in finding a job as well as housing.…”

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“…Others stood at the traffic lights selling newspapers. Some worked in restaurants without any regular employment contract (Morad and Sacchetto 2020a).…”

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In view of the growing onward migration and multisited transnationalism among naturalized EU citizens, this article seeks to advance the current understanding of transnational social fields, cataloguing the complex interplays of migrants' ways of being, belonging, and in‐betweenness across different places and spaces. Drawing on multisited qualitative research with Italian Bangladeshis in Italy and the United Kingdom, the paper presents how their ‘ways of being’ are expressed by maintaining transnational attachments to the country of origin and the wider Bangladeshi diaspora. In addition, they maintain transnational ‘ways of belonging’ by incorporating the Bengali language, culture, traditions, and values, and transmitting them to the next generation. Beyond these multiplicities of being and belonging, the findings put forward two important, yet contrasting, observations. On the one hand, there is an ongoing pursuit of onward migration to the UK among a section of the community—often influenced by social networks and transnational connections with the recognised Bangladeshi diaspora in the UK. Apart from being in the ‘community comfort zone’ and language advantage in the integration process, many migrants perceive living in the UK as having a higher ‘prestige’, ‘class’ or ‘status’ vis‐a‐vis Italy in terms of life quality, wealth, cultural, and religious freedom. On the other hand, another cohort is emotionally and culturally embedded in Italian societies and is in a dilemma of whether to migrate onward. In this process, they constantly blend, shift, and negotiate their ways of belonging. The findings unfold how a new geography of belonging takes shape, characterised by fluidities, multifaceted identities, and everyday life practices in a transnational space.

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Multiple Migration and Use of Ties: Bangladeshis in Italy and Beyond

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Cited by 11 publications

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