African students’ emigration intentions: case studies in Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, and Senegal

Piguet, Étienne; Nassa, Désiré; Ndiaye, Emilia; Oumarou, Amadou; Wade, Cheikh Samba

doi:10.1080/19376812.2020.1848595

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“…This perspective is important to recognize in the context of the study of emigration intentions, as individual decisions to stay or leave have been shown not to fully embody an unmitigated pursuit for individual positive adaptation. Rather, individuals carefully consider the complex individual, familial and social aspects of emigration (e.g., Piguet et al., 2022).…”

Section: Motivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Between a rock and a hard place: Multisystem resilience and Honduran youth migration intentions

Rivero Fuentes,

Hare,

Miller‐Graff

2024

International Migration

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More is known about how ‘push factors’ motivate emigration and how immigrants adapt to their new environment than about psychological factors associated with migration intentions for those experiencing adversity in their country of origin. This paper explores the association between multisystem resilience and migration intentions among youth in Honduras. In this context of high economic need and contextual violence, higher levels of resilience are associated with higher levels of migration intentions among those who have a job and thus the ability to navigate or negotiate access to resources – economic, social and psychological – that make it possible to consider migration. Among those who have not been victims of violence and consequently may not have that motivation to migrate, higher levels of resilience are associated with lower migration intentions.

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Section: Motivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Between a rock and a hard place: Multisystem resilience and Honduran youth migration intentions

Rivero Fuentes,

Hare,

Miller‐Graff

2024

International Migration

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“…Third, with the increasingly difficult routes across the Mediterranean, some individuals formally sign up for studies in countries such as Northern Cyprus or Arab countries as an intermediate destination, mixing formal and informal migration (Dako-Gyeke, 2016;Piguet, Nassa, Ndiaye, Oumarou, & Wade, 2020). Student migration may offer a credible alternative for individuals seeking a better life in Europe, but levels of information are often low and incomplete, meaning that potential students navigate in narratives rather than research their own information.…”

Section: Understanding Migration Decisionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: African Migrants in the Spotlight

Ruedin

2021

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This thematic issue examines questions of decision-making under limited (and contradictory) information, focusing on migration decisions. Migrants are far from a homogenous population, but they commonly use narratives as heuristics. We observe much agency among migrants to pursue migration plans, with migration decisions best understood as chains of multiple decisions rather than simple push-pull or two-step models.

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