Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return

Hunter, Alistair

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-64976-4

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“…Pensioners settled in big numbers in the south and the west of France, particularly on the coasts (Languedoc, the coast of Brittany, Normandy, and the Vendée). Since 2000, Corsica has been the second most popular place to settle for pensioners, after Languedoc (Hunter, 2018).…”

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Internal and external migrations of pensioners in Poland: A directional typology

Pytel

Rahmonov

Ruman

2020

Population Space and Place

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The article presents an analysis of directions of internal and international migrations undertaken by Polish pensioners. A typology of migration directions is proposed. We use the method of a table of signs to define five major types of pensioner migrations. We show the variability of these types over time, from the Type J (moderately mobile, consistent) in the 1990s to the Type H (moderately mobile, mixed) at present. A detailed analysis reveals a major difference between international and internal migrations: The former are mainly due to economic reasons and the latter to reasons related to housing. The obtained results allow us to conclude that pensioner migrations constitute an important factor in the social and economic development of local communities, especially in the day and age of society ageing and lengthening life expectancy.

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Internal and external migrations of pensioners in Poland: A directional typology

Pytel

Rahmonov

Ruman

2020

Population Space and Place

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“…protection for emigrants. The lack of basic protection and pro-active state policy is only partially made up by the self-help schemes and vibrant associational life of Senegalese abroad (Dia 2007(Dia , 2010Tandian and Coulibaly-Tandian 2016;Hunter 2018).…”

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Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Senegalese Citizens Abroad

Smith

2020

IMISCOE Research Series

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This chapter presents the main areas of engagement of the state of Senegal with its diaspora. In the first part, it looks at the main institutions and policies geared towards the diaspora. In the second part, the chapter focuses specifically on diaspora policies in the area of social protection (unemployment, health care, family benefits, pensions, guaranteed minimum resources). If Senegal falls in the category of pioneer countries for some aspects of emigration policies (ministerial institutions, external voting, political representation), its policy for the diaspora in the field of social protection is rather scanty. As a developing country facing many structural economic issues, scaling up social protection in the homeland remains the top priority for the Government, relegating social protection for the diaspora as a secondary policy concern for now. Recent governmental policies towards the diaspora have focused primarily on tapping the resources of the diaspora in order to increase its contribution to economic development and facilitate productive investment by Senegalese abroad in their home country.

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“…In this process, meanings of familial and intergenerational care are likely to be re-signified. In some cases, receiving care away from the family may present itself as a better option if the support available is of better quality, as shown for the North and West African men living in France's migrant worker hostels (Hunter, 2018). For such migrants, receiving care in France means having a better chance at ageing, but it also represents a strategy to avoid becoming a burden for their families back home, especially if local family contexts have changed.…”

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Ageing strategically: On migration, care, and diversity in later life

Sampaio

2020

Population Space and Place

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This paper discusses how different groups of older migrants originating in the Global North and Global South converge in the Portuguese islands of the Azores-a microcosm of global migration and a site of inscribed healthcare inequalities-where they strategically maximise the economic and social capital accumulated over the life course to achieve a better life (style). Drawing on the concepts of "strategic switching" and "geographic arbitrage," the paper extends these debates to the domains of ageing and care. Based on qualitative research with three groups of ageing migrants-lifestyle, return, and ageing-in-place labour migrants-the paper shows how different groups of older migrants perform their agency and employ creative strategies to attain better ageing care, in other words, to age strategically. The paper ultimately reveals the centrality of practices of geographic arbitrage and the use of a strategic lens to mobility over the life course in order to achieve a more comfortable older age.

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Retirement Home? Ageing Migrant Workers in France and the Question of Return

Cited by 17 publications

References 91 publications

Internal and external migrations of pensioners in Poland: A directional typology

Internal and external migrations of pensioners in Poland: A directional typology

Diaspora Policies, Consular Services and Social Protection for Senegalese Citizens Abroad

Ageing strategically: On migration, care, and diversity in later life

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