Family Migration

Abstract

Family migration is the term used to categorise the international movement of people who migrate due to new or established family ties. People moving for family reasons constitute the largest group of migrants entering OECD countries, ahead of labour and humanitarian migration (OECD, 2017). The study of migrant families cuts across the available legal definitions of family and brings to light emerging forms of living together, gender roles, sexualities, kinship ties, and caregiving practices. This chapter selectively synthesises recent scholarship on family migration, providing insights on the institutionalisation of the field, outlining its approaches and methodologies, and highlighting emerging topics for future research. These include transnational families and how they stay in contact; separated families and deportation; the impact of family migration policies; marriage migration and multi-sited and longitudinal studies used in studying the transformation and diversification of family forms.

Global migration and factors influencing retention of Asian internationally educated nurses: a systematic review

“…Amidst struggles with loneliness and homesickness [49,53], Asian IENs must build a social network from scratch and familiarise themselves with their host country's local social activities and norms [39,45]. Within this context, their families play a part in mitigating their isolation, and this familial presence contributes to their sustained retention [61]. Notably, married Asian IENs with children were more satisfied than those without [46,49], which might be attributed to the positive association between familylife satisfaction and job satisfaction [62].…”