Geography and Migration Studies: Retrospect and Prospect

King, Russell

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“…Few studies have analysed the individual narratives of FMG to shed light on how locational decisions are taken in practice. According to King (2012), this interest in the details of migration stories only emerged in the 1990s, on the wake of the socalled cultural turn (e.g. Barnett 2004;Crang 1997;Thrift 2004) in the social sciences.…”

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Why do they return? Beyond the economic drivers of graduate return migration

2016

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This paper explores the factors that shape the location choices of formerly mobile graduates (FMGs) initially resident in Sardinia, Italy, a less developed European region. Combining qualitative and quantitative techniques, the paper examines the reasons why some individuals decide to return after their studies, the factors that shape their decisions and how these choices unfolded in space and time. It counters the literature, which suggests that migration is a one-off linear process driven only by wealth-maximising behaviour, positing rather that access to opportunities in open meritocratic job markets and circular migration trajectories are far more salient to FMGs. This suggests that policy makers should concentrate on promoting labour market opportunities and invest in social networks that will aid brain circulation. JEL Classification

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Why do they return? Beyond the economic drivers of graduate return migration

2016

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“…Some important facilitators of migration are, among others, access to networks (kin or business) and formal education (Castells, 2000;Choldin, 1999;Hardwick, 2008;King, 2012;Larsen et al, 2006;Mitchell, 2000;Tilly, 2007). Moreover, my findings show that visa requirements, in particular, can be very challenging to most seeking to leave a country, confirming the influence of structural factors.…”

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Formal Education as a Facilitator of Migration and Integration: A Case Study of Nigerian University Graduates

Mbah

2017

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“…"Migration is clearly a space-time phenomenon, defined by thresholds of distance and time; this makes it intrinsically geographical" (King, R. 2011). In his paper, King selected four geographers' works which contributed to migration theory the most significantly: Raveinstein, Zelinsky, Mabogunje and Hägerstrand, arguing that they had an influential effect on other scholars' work on this issue (King, R. 2011).…”

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Geographical characteristics of contemporary international migration in and into Europe

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Kreinin³

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The study offers a short geographical overview of migration studies and theories, doing so in the context of the European migration crisis of [2015][2016]. It outlines the history of international migrations affecting Europe (immigration, emigration, migration within Europe and between countries) and the demographic effects of such migration on the present European population. It then analyses and examines the global and regional causes of recent migration to Europe (the European Economic Area, EEA), the countries of origin of the migrants, the main routes of migration, and the destination areas in Europe. As far as intercontinental migration is concerned, Europe was characterised by emigration between the 16 th and mid-20 th centuries (partly in consequence of colonisation) and mainly by immigration thereafter. Immigration has principally affected Western Europe, the more developed part of the continent. In consequence of post-World War II reconstruction, dynamic economic development, local labour shortages, and the decolonisation process, Western Europe received many migrants, initially from the Mediterranean region and subsequently (i.e. after the collapse of communism in [1989][1990] from the post-communist European countries. Meanwhile, the core areas of the EEA became the main destination for migrants coming from predominantly Muslim regions in Asia and Africa (SW Asia, Muslim Africa). This decades-old process has recently accelerated and now constitutes mass migration. The global and regional causes of such intercontinental migration in the sending areas are as follows: the population boom, economic backwardness, unemployment, growing poverty, climate change, desertification, negative ecological changes, global political rivalries and local power changes (e.g. the Arab Spring, 2011), growing political instability, wartime destruction, multiple and cumulative crises, general hopelessness and despair.

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Geography and Migration Studies: Retrospect and Prospect

Cited by 245 publications

References 106 publications

Why do they return? Beyond the economic drivers of graduate return migration

Why do they return? Beyond the economic drivers of graduate return migration

Formal Education as a Facilitator of Migration and Integration: A Case Study of Nigerian University Graduates

Geographical characteristics of contemporary international migration in and into Europe

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