South African Indian migration in the twenty-first century: towards a theory of ‘triple identity’

Singh, Anand

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“…The blanket categorization of the term "black" presents a superficial index and obscures the complexities of the migration process for Indians and Coloureds (of mixed racial descent) (see Waller, 2006;Crush, Pendelton and Tevera, 2005). Academic research on the migration of professionals in the past decade by Pattundeen (2007), Singh (2008) and Manik (2010), provide some of the few academic resources on which contemporary migration of South African Indians is examined. The migration of South African professionals since 2006 has seen a rise in the numbers of highly skilled Indian, Coloured and Black (of African descent) ethnic groups indicating a shift from the apartheid era when it was predominantly White (of European descent) South Africans who left the country in what was referred to as the "white flight".…”

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Highly Skilled Professionals on the Move: The International Migration of South African Indians

Jagganath

2014

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This paper is about the migration behaviour of highly skilled South African Indians from the period 2006 to present. The ethnography of the highly skilled is relatively new in Anthropology and while it contributes to recent discourse on migration and diaspora, it also foregrounds the need for an array of methodological approaches to support the global mobilities of people, the nature of multi-sited research and what "highly skilled" means in different geographical contexts. The paper is arranged in two parts: the first part contextualises the highly skilled professional in recent global migration literature and theory, and the second part presents case studies of highly skilled migrants in several international destinations, highlighting and contextualising their experiences abroad.

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Highly Skilled Professionals on the Move: The International Migration of South African Indians

Jagganath

2014

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“…Our findings also show the differences between Chinese and Indian migrants with regard to network‐driven multinational migration, particularly those in Los Angeles. India is a member of the Commonwealth; thus, Indians maintained social networks that spanned the Middle East, Africa, and Europe (Bhachu, 1985; Singh, 2008). Seven out of 31 Indian participants migrated to Los Angeles via these diaspora networks after living and working in another country for varying lengths of time; Bilveer, 52 years old, is a good example.…”

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New dynamics of multinational migration: Chinese and Indian migrants in Singapore and Los Angeles

Zhan

Aricat

Zhou

2020

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The emerging literature on multinational migration highlights migratory journeys that involve more than one country of destination. This article focuses on the lived experiences of new Chinese and Indian migrants in Singapore and Los Angeles. We conduct a novel three‐way comparison to examine personal choices to engage in additional migration(s) and to consider the reasons behind such moves. Drawing on in‐depth interviews and analyses of policy documents, we find that new, especially skilled, migrants from China and India actively participate in multinational migration. However, variations exist between these two national origin groups and between the two global cities. Factors affecting decisions about whether and where to further migrate include immigration policy of the host country, job opportunities, homeland economic development, and migration networks. Singapore regulates migrants' long‐term settlement more tightly than does the United States; thus, migrants in the former are more likely than the latter to move onward to another country. Due to a more robust economy in the homeland, Chinese migrants are more likely to return and are thus less likely to migrate to a third country than their Indian counterparts. Job opportunities and migration networks also have strong effects on personal decisions concerning additional migration(s).

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“…In the case of Indian South Africans, there is anecdotal evidence of how globalization has influenced young people and families to seek employment and a new life in the 'big five' Englishspeaking countries, i.e. the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK (Singh 2008). Consequently, a sense of triple identity developed, i.e.…”

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Indian Problem Indian Menace Indian Ubiquity Indian South Africans at the Intersections

Govender¹

2022

Indians in South Africa Perspectives From 1860 to the 21st Century

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As sophisticated as colonization was, it was its own ouroborosthe gnostic symbol expressing the unity of all things, material and spiritual, which changes form in an eternal cycle of destruction and recreation. Indian indenture entered into such a cycle, a cycle from near slavery to diaspora to global transmigration. The idea of Indian ubiquity is now real. Indian culture is a palimpsest. Old language and new reasoning appear in simultaneity. It purveys the brutalized Indian life-story mythically as the greatest of human adventures.

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South African Indian migration in the twenty-first century: towards a theory of ‘triple identity’

Cited by 7 publications

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Highly Skilled Professionals on the Move: The International Migration of South African Indians

Highly Skilled Professionals on the Move: The International Migration of South African Indians

New dynamics of multinational migration: Chinese and Indian migrants in Singapore and Los Angeles

Indian Problem Indian Menace Indian Ubiquity Indian South Africans at the Intersections

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