Critique Of Social Support And Migration

To a large extent the notion of belonging is innately valued and fundamental to a person’s life. The concept of whether a person develops feelings of community or isolation is largely dependant on internal and external factors which collectively influence an individual’s physical space. This space can be composed of external factors such as a person’s physical environment, their outer relationships, society and internal factors such as cultural understanding and different states of being. The poetry anthology Immigrant Chronicle, composed by Peter Skryznecki, details different aspects of his experience of immigrating from post-war Poland to Australia. Specifically, the poems ‘Ancestors’ and ‘Feliks Skrzynecki’ explores how one’s understanding

The migrant experience varies for each person, some will have endured traumatic episodes in their life and these experiences are explored in Skrzynecki’s poetry. Through thorough interpretations of Peter Skrzynecki poems, ‘Crossing the Red Sea’, ‘Migrant Hostel’ and ‘Immigrants at Central Station’ the responder gains insight into the emigration experience which encompasses the physical and emotionally draining journey which is a result of the grave uncertainty and doubt lingering around the migrants future. Despite this, through each of his poems the composer also alludes to a future filled with hope and a sense of belonging.

A lack of belonging can destroy a sense of placement in society. This statement is thoroughly explored in the poem, ‘Migrant Hostel’ by Peter Skrzynecki, investigating the concepts of alienation and dislocation through the migrant’s lack of acceptance by the Australian citizens. The migrants are also unable to find a fixed home, and therefore feel no sense of stability or permanence. This transitory nature is best identified in the simile, ‘We lived like birds of a passage/Always sensing a change/In the weather’, where the comparison to birds emphasises the absence of a home. It is clear that the migrants feel unable to adapt to Australian society, constantly moving and never settling. The migrant’s exclusion is further highlighted in the lines,

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Throughout the text ‘Migrant hostel’ barriers of belonging to the prescribed world are presented which heightened the sense of exclusion. Negative connotations are used to portray the barriers presented

To begin it is helpful to understand that the word “migrant” is a rather contested concept, one that changes over time, and varies depending on the criteria used to assign it.(Raghuram & Erel, 2014, p.133)

The nature of western migration was good and bad. With out western migration America wouldn’t be what it is now. But if we had found a different way to deal with the Indians it could have happened with less blood shed. We could have upheld our part of the treats with the Indians. We could have found a way to live with them instead of kicking them out. Then we would have been able to use the knowledge they have since they lived there for so long. But the increase in western migration kicked the indians out of their land.

For migrants from post-World War II Eastern Europe, challenges arose from isolation, scarred memories, fear of society’s marginalisation because of their differences and the migrant’s attitude.

Robertson contends that differences are marked between these migrants, when some decide to be identified as sojourners and others attempt to be identified as serious migrants. According to the writer, to be considered the latter, student and tourist workers must reject their temporal status and adopt Western culture. This often requires a segregation within the temporal migrant worker category. To support this claim, Robertson uses both expert opinion and the personal accounts of these two types of temporary migrants. These types of evidence, in combination, help to validate Robertson’s opinion. In making this claim, Robertson is assuming that this assimilation and identity performance requires conscious effort and that it is an act to receive serious employment. Thus, Robertson is failing to consider that this process could actually occur naturally and/or be relished by migrants, for other means. Robertson also relies on the assumption that migrants are only truly valued if they show commitment to the culture and lifestyle of the country they have migrated to. This adds strength to her claim and argument as migrancy tends to be characterised by a sense of displacement and a need to fit in. Though, perhaps, without revealing claims by all Australian employers, there is a struggle to definitively determine

In addition, I will explore the concept of transnationalism and Disaporas using John’s experiences and his use of social capital in his migration experience. Theories of migration do not necessarily relate to all migration experiences, as migration is shaped individually through historical and social contexts. John’s migration incorporates a blend of lifestyle migration and economic migration. John’s father was migrating to Australia for work purposes; however John chose to migrate with his family to be close to them and also to explore a different lifestyle to that in England. “I didn’t have much interest in life in England, the lifestyle didn’t appeal to me and I hated how society was very class based” (Geare, 2015).

The three films have many similarities between them that provides a better understanding of migration. In Borders and Hope, they are both a sense of forced migration, due to wars that have arrised in the beginning countries. The pull factors to leave the countries are both for increasing economic status and an overall better life to live. Amal believing that Australia is the dream land, and in Borders the members feel as if they are promised a better life in Europe. In all three films, there are numerous amount of obstacles that each person is forced to face. Amal faces almost loosing her life as her boat sank, the men in borders had to overtake harsh weather conditions and desperate means of transportation, and Carlitos was just a little child

Recent scholarship has debated the ‘invisible’ nature of British migrants, particularly when they are compares to other groups such as Italians, and Greeks

Citizenship confers on an individual an ability to participate in democracy such as decision-making and inclusion in policy making processes, (Michels, 2011). Citizenship gives one participatory power; in the decision making process of their country of origin, in the same way citizenship can be a form of capital to an individual. ‘Citizenship constitutes a strategically constructed form of capital which manifests in formal (legal and institutional) and informal (practiced and cultural) forms’’ (Bauder H., 2008:315).’’People who possess a certain form of capital are able to distinguish themselves from others who lack that form of capital’’ (Bauder, 2008:318). Such distinctions can increase gaps in social class orders and increase feelings of relative deprivation between migrant families and non-migrant families (de Haas, 2010).Capital forms the foundation of social life and dictates one’s position within the social

In the Second Edition of Servants of Globalization: Migration and Domestic Work, Rhacel Parreñas examines all of the challenging aspects of the lives of migrant Filipino domestic workers. Throughout the interviews that are included in this novel, the author was able to analyze different cases filled with personal struggle and familial support using the perspectives of many determined women across the diaspora, mainly focusing on those to travel to work in Western Countries. In this paper, I will briefly summarize the first three chapters, bringing to light the most important aspects the Parreñas included. I will then discuss the methodology used in her convincing global ethnography, before I include both the advantages and disadvantages to

Migrants are defined as all those who were born outside the UK and were known as ‘aliens’ or ‘foreigners’. Kostakopoulou calls this assumption into question, arguing that ‘aliens’ are by definition outside the bounds of the community by virtue of a circular reasoning which takes for granted the existence of bounded national communities, and that this which takes for granted the existence of bounded national communities, and that this process of collective self-definition is deeply political and historically dated. The composition of the current UK migrant population has of course been conditioned by immigration policy over the past 50 years. Immigration has become a major debate across the UK, with many different reasons given for and