New Journal Articles on Refugee Issues (weekly)

• Social and Political Transnationalism Among Central Asian Migrants and Return Migrants A Case Study of Kyrgyzstan

  Each year thousands of labor migrants leave Central Asia to look for work in Russia and Kazakhstan. Many studies have examined the impact of their remittances on the domestic economy of their home country. This case study of Kyrgyzstan asks whether returning migrants have a political impact as well.

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• Illuminating the Lived Experiences of Research with Indigenous Communities – Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work – Volume 20, Issue 4

  The historical exploitation experienced by indigenous people in the United States has left a number of negative legacies, including distrust toward research. This distrust poses a barrier to progress made through culturally sensitive research. Given the complex history of research with indigenous groups, the purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study was to illuminate the lived experiences of both indigenous and non-indigenous researchers conducting culturally competent research with indigenous people. Interviews from 13 social science research experts revealed 6 underlying themes about their research with indigenous people, including respect and commitment, mutual trust, affirmation, harmony among multiple worldviews, responsibility, and spiritual/personal growth.

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• The politics of belonging in Britain | openDemocracy

  ‘There is no opposite to belonging’: Nira Yuval-Davis in conversation with Jenny Allsopp on religion, migration and the politics of belonging. So is it time to open up the debate and ask what it means to belong ‘in’ – rather than ‘to’ – contemporary Britain?

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• Legislating Gender Inequalities

  Research on domestic violence documents the particular vulnerability of immigrant women due to reasons including social isolation, language barriers, lack of awareness about services, and racism on the part of services. Based on qualitative interviews with 30 South Asian women with insecure immigration status residing in Yorkshire and Northwest England, this article explores how inequalities created by culture, gender, class, and race intersect with state immigration and welfare policies in the United Kingdom, thereby exacerbating structures of patriarchy within minority communities. It is within these contexts that South Asian women with insecure immigration status experience intensified forms and specific patterns of abuse.

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