Quality of life issues and second‐generation migration: the case of ‘Bajan‐Brit returnees’

Phillips, Joan; Potter, Robert B.

doi:10.1002/psp.507

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“…There is a growing literature on the return migration of the second generation (Byron and Condon 1996;Chamberlain 2005;King and Christou 2010;Phillips and Potter 2009). We know little, however, about attitudes towards return among second-generation minors, or the conditions and negotiations within the immigrant family that might stimulate or obstruct return.…”

Section: Attitudes Towards Returnmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migrating and Settling in a Mobile World

Vathi

2015

IMISCOE Research Series

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This series is the official book series of IMISCOE, the largest network of excellence on migration and diversity in the world. It comprises publications which present empirical and theoretical research on different aspects of international migration. The authors are all specialists, and the publications a rich source of information for researchers and others involved in international migration studies.The series is published under the editorial supervision of the IMISCOE Editorial Committee which includes leading scholars from all over Europe. The series, which contains more than eighty titles already, is internationally peer reviewed which ensures that the book published in this series continue to present excellent academic standards and scholarly quality. Most of the books are available open access.For information on how to submit a book proposal, please visit: http://www. imiscoe.org/publications/how-to-submit-a-book-proposal. Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. All commercial rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher's location, in its current version, and permission for commercial use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for commercial use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein.Printed on acid-free paper PrefaceComparative research on migration is a growing trend in academia. Yet very few studies that compare migrants and their descendants across different sites exist. Study of the integration of the children of migrants-the so-called 'second-generation'-is itself a recent trend in social science research and migration literature. Their integration is thought to be an important indicator of the degree of integration of immigrants into a specific society. This book offers an in-depth, qualitative analysis of the integration of Albanian migrants and their descendants in Europe. It is also the first full-l...

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Section: Attitudes Towards Returnmentioning

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Vathi

2015

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“…Cassarino's (2004) much-cited paper on the re-theorisation of return migration does not mention lifestyle migration. Yet there are clear indications of the attraction of the way of life in the ethnic homeland in studies of second-generation return from Britain to Barbados (Phillips and Potter 2009) and Cyprus (Teerling 2014: 87, 111), and to Greece from Germany and the USA (Christou and King 2014: 137-139). In these studies, lifestyle choices are intertwined with the desire to 'go back to roots'.…”

Section: Lifestyle Migration and Second-generation 'Return'mentioning

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The quest for a ‘better life’: Second-generation Turkish-Germans ‘return’ to ‘paradise’

Kılınç¹,

King²

2017

DemRes

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BACKGROUNDThis paper uses a lifestyle-migration lens to analyse the 'return' of the Turkish-German second generation to their parents' homeland, Turkey. It focuses on a scenically attractive touristic region, Antalya on the south coast, where second-generation 'returnees' find a highly congenial environment to pursue their project of living a 'better life' in the ancestral homeland. METHODThirty in-depth interviews with second-generation Turkish-Germans, mostly in their 30s and 40s, were carried out in and around Antalya in 2014. Narratives were coded and prepared for thematic analysis using NVivo. RESULTSAccording to thematic analysis of interview narratives, many respondents were seeking to 'escape' from difficult personal, family, and economic situations. They mobilised their human capital of educational qualifications, language skills, and life experience to set up or get jobs in hotels, restaurants, and other tourist services, combining work with a relaxed attitude to life in what they saw as a 'paradise' of natural beauty and social open-mindedness. Alongside these practical considerations of seeking a better worklife balance were more existential themes of rediscovering their 'true selves' and reinventing the meaning of 'home' in this cosmopolitan niche.

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“…Research by Reynolds (2008: 15-16) and by Phillips and Potter (2009: 244-5) reveals many cases of second-generation British-born people taking their young children to the Caribbean to bring them up (or to have children there) in a 'safer' environment. Phillips and Potter (2009) describe this type of return as the 'lure of the ancestral home' offering a better quality of life. Yet, in other respects, this child-oriented pattern of secondgeneration return embodies a certain irony.…”

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‘We took a bath with the chickens’: memories of childhood visits to the homeland by second‐generation Greek and Greek Cypriot ‘returnees’

King¹,

Christou²,

Teerling³

2010

Global Networks

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Drawing on a wider study of 90 second‐generation Greeks and Greek Cypriots who have relocated to their ancestral homeland, in this article we focus on the significance of childhood visits to the homeland. Freedom – how children were allowed to roam free and stay up late – is the key trope of such memories, in contrast with the strict spatio‐temporal parenting they received in the host country. Different, sometimes less pleasant memories, however, emerge when the visits took place during later, teenage years. We explore the connections between childhood visits and adult relocation. Adult returnees find that settlement in the homeland produces a new set of challenges and reactions that differ markedly from childhood experiences and memories. They engage a second narrative trope, nostalgia, reflecting on the loss of the ‘authentic’ nature of the homeland and its customs and values. Instead, they highlight the materialism and xenophobia of Greek and Cypriot society nowadays. However, they see the ‘homeland’ as a safer place in which to raise their own children.

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Quality of life issues and second‐generation migration: the case of ‘Bajan‐Brit returnees’

Cited by 15 publications

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The quest for a ‘better life’: Second-generation Turkish-Germans ‘return’ to ‘paradise’

‘We took a bath with the chickens’: memories of childhood visits to the homeland by second‐generation Greek and Greek Cypriot ‘returnees’

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