{"title":"Covid-19 and female migrants: policy challenges and multiple vulnerabilities.","authors":"Dudziro Nhengu","doi":"10.1186/s40878-022-00295-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-022-00295-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To what extent has Covid-19 policy responses exacerbated the already existing multiple vulnerabilities of female migrants in Southern Africa? Using strategic conversations, the paper explores personal experiences of key conversants, to explore how gender blind policy responses to the pandemic have heightened female migrants' socio-economic challenges. The paper recommends gender sensitive and context specific policy responses to mitigate the existing socio-economic challenges.</p>","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":"10 1","pages":"23"},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9155193/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142086261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anita Kit Wa Chan, Lewis T O Cheung, Eric King-Man Chong, Man Yee Karen Lee, Mathew Y H Wong
{"title":"Hong Kong's new wave of migration: socio-political factors of individuals' intention to emigrate.","authors":"Anita Kit Wa Chan, Lewis T O Cheung, Eric King-Man Chong, Man Yee Karen Lee, Mathew Y H Wong","doi":"10.1186/s40878-022-00323-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-022-00323-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With a recent surge in the outward movement of the population, a new wave of emigration has been suggested to have started in Hong Kong. It is speculated that recent socio-political changes in Hong Kong may have contributed to this phenomenon. Therefore, five socio-political variables-mobility, sense of place, trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, global citizenship, and perception of inequality-are employed in this study as proposed determinants to investigate the intention of Hong Kong residents to migrate to mainland China and to other international destinations. A random telephone questionnaire survey representative of the local population was conducted, with a total of 801 valid samples collected. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was carried out. The results showed that all five proposed socio-political variables successfully predicted people's migration intention to mainland China and to foreign countries, with important variations between the two choices. Our results carry strong implications for understanding people's concerns behind their intention to emigrate. Further, our findings present a challenge for Hong Kong; society may gradually be failing to accommodate individuals with diverse perceptions and values, particularly in terms of trust and confidence in the law and the legal system, and individuals' sense of global citizenship.</p>","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":"10 1","pages":"49"},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9734732/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10398520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Measuring migration 2.0: a review of digital data sources","authors":"Jasper Tjaden","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00273-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00273-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"65766641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Socio and ethno-cultural embeddedness of transnational Nigerian immigrant entrepreneurs in Ghana","authors":"Thomas Antwi Bosiakoh, B. Obeng","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00271-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00271-z","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47596695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polish immigrants and their children in Canada and Sweden, employment status and income patterns","authors":"R. Pendakur, Pieter Bevelander","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00268-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00268-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46586710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan","authors":"J. Phillimore, Gracia Liu-Farrer, Nando Sigona","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00262-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00262-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46256421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Narratives: a review of concepts, determinants, effects, and uses in migration research","authors":"J. Dennison","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00259-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00259-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44147656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paolo Boccagni, Bernardo Armanni, Cristiano Santinello
{"title":"A place migrants would call home: open-ended constructions and social determinants over time among Ecuadorians in three European cities","authors":"Paolo Boccagni, Bernardo Armanni, Cristiano Santinello","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00256-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00256-y","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44159775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The migration ban policy cycle: a comparative analysis of restrictions on the emigration of women domestic workers","authors":"Richa Shivakoti, Sophie Henderson, M. Withers","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00250-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00250-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46654998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Towards equality: joining forces with arts and culture in the struggle for change in migration societies","authors":"Wiebke Sievers","doi":"10.1186/s40878-021-00249-x","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00249-x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37051,"journal":{"name":"Comparative Migration Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2021-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42804005","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}