Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: African Migrants in the Spotlight

Ruedin, Didier

doi:10.17645/si.v9i1.4076

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“…When conceptualizing migration processes, researchers pay particular attention to "aspiration, desire and drivers" (Carling and Collins 2018). Although researchers understand that the simultaneous effects of various factors contribute to migration, they tend to conceptualize migration as an informed choice and assume the dominance of one driver in each individual case (Ruedin 2021). During interviews, each young person talked about one driver of the migration of his/her family; however, these individual cases allow for drawing up an overall picture of the reasons underlying the immigration of Russians into Finland.…”

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Migration and Youth: The Lived Experiences of Russian Youth in Finland

Stasulane

2024

Social Sciences

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The number of Russian immigrants to Finland has already been steadily increasing since 1990, when the President of Finland launched an initiative aimed at facilitating the repatriation of Ingrian Finns living in the territories incorporated into the USSR. Today Russian-speaking immigrants account for approximately 1.3% of Finland’s population. The segmented assimilation theory encourages one to explore the lived experiences of second-generation immigrants. This article analyses the data from qualitative interviews conducted within the framework of the field work carried out in the central part of Finland, from 1 October to 31 December 2021. Young people who spoke Russian in their family and were a part of groups where Russian is a tool of communication and used for the intergenerational transmission of cultural traditions were selected for interviews. The empirical data resulting from a study conducted in Finland provide insight into the factors that have contributed to the migration of their families, from the perspective of these young people. Applying the concept of identity as a “moveable feast”, this article focuses on the process of self-identification as depending, first, on the dynamics between inherited and obtained identity and, second, on the identity level (ethnicity, nationality, global identity) at which these dynamics are present.

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Migration and Youth: The Lived Experiences of Russian Youth in Finland

Stasulane

2024

Social Sciences

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“…Migration scholars have sought to develop overarching conceptualisations of the migration process, focusing on concepts such as ‘aspiration, desire and drivers’ of migration (Carling & Collins, 2018 ), the division of migration decisions into a ‘two-step process’ (Aslany et al, 2021 ; de Haas, 2021 ) or specific instances in which understanding of interactions between migration drivers might aid analysis of migration under particular circumstances (Black et al, 2011 ). Yet however much such contributions seek to challenge binary thinking and focus on the interaction of different factors influencing migration, the tendency remains to conceptualise migration as an event or ‘decision’, in which there may be a greater or lesser degree of agency or ‘choice’, and a greater or lesser influence of one of a range of contextual factors or ‘drivers’ (Ruedin, 2021 ).…”

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Migration drivers and migration choice: interrogating responses to migration and development interventions in West Africa

Black

Bellagamba

Botta

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The notion of migration as being at least partly about ‘choice’ is deeply rooted in both academic thought and public policy. Recent contributions have considered migration choice as step-wise in nature, involving a separation between ‘aspiration’ and ‘ability’ to migrate, whilst stressing a range of non-economic factors that influence migration choices. But such nuances have not prevented the emergence of a significant area of public policy that seeks to influence choices to migrate from Africa through ‘irregular’ channels, or at all, through a range of development interventions. This paper explores evidence from West Africa on how young people formulate the boundaries of such choice. Drawing on approaches in anthropology and elsewhere that stress the value of a ‘future-orientated’ lens, we show how present uncertainty is a central framing that fundamentally limits the value of thinking about migration as a choice. This has important implications for policy on ‘migration and development’.

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Household migration decisions: Understanding Ethiopians irregular migration from Kembata‐Tembaro zone to the Republic of South Africa

Megersa,

Tafesse

2024

International Migration

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This research intends to shed light on the household migration decision‐making process of Ethiopian irregular migrants heading to the Republic of South Africa. Data were drawn from a cross‐sectional household survey (n = 659) and in‐depth interviews (n = 24) conducted in 2022. Descriptive statistics, binary logistic regressions and thematic analysis were employed to analyse the data. Our findings reveal that being a young male, having a large household size, the presence of family members and smugglers positively influence households' decisions for irregular migration. Possession of farmland, being employed and married have a negative influence on household decisions for migration. The study findings further show that prior information about the migration destination is important in the household's migration decision‐making process. We suggest that government actions and policy interventions should be based on such empirical evidence to promote safe and regular migrations while addressing potential migrants' aspirations and needs in their pursuit of a better life.

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Decision-Making Under Uncertainty: African Migrants in the Spotlight

Cited by 3 publications

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Migration and Youth: The Lived Experiences of Russian Youth in Finland

Migration and Youth: The Lived Experiences of Russian Youth in Finland

Migration drivers and migration choice: interrogating responses to migration and development interventions in West Africa

Household migration decisions: Understanding Ethiopians irregular migration from Kembata‐Tembaro zone to the Republic of South Africa

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