In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'

The focus of this paper is on how transnational relations of Somali-Swedes shapes their onward immigration to the United Kingdom and intervenes in their educational and labour market career. The data for the study was collected using ethnographic interview methods in multiple locations: Stockholm, L...

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Main Author:	Ali Osman
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Helsinki University Press 2012-06-01
Series:	Nordic Journal of Migration Research
Subjects:	transnationalism immigration integration education labour market
Online Access:	https://journal-njmr.org/articles/62

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spelling	doaj-a27465894a56448484d20df9076e73652020-11-25T03:56:27ZengHelsinki University PressNordic Journal of Migration Research1799-649X2012-06-012213314010.2478/v10202-011-0035-858In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'Ali Osman0Mälardalen University College, Department of Education, Communication and CultureThe focus of this paper is on how transnational relations of Somali-Swedes shapes their onward immigration to the United Kingdom and intervenes in their educational and labour market career. The data for the study was collected using ethnographic interview methods in multiple locations: Stockholm, London and Birmingham and analysed using the concept of imagination as a social practice. The results of this study show that onward immigration of Somali-Swedes has multiple agendas, and more importantly it is contingent on the political, cultural and economic structure of opportunities of category embedded in the transnational spaces.https://journal-njmr.org/articles/62transnationalismimmigrationintegrationeducationlabour market
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title	In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'
title_short	In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'
title_full	In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'
title_fullStr	In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'
title_full_unstemmed	In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'
title_sort	in search of green pastures: 'the onward immigration of somali-swedes to britain'
publisher	Helsinki University Press
series	Nordic Journal of Migration Research
issn	1799-649X
publishDate	2012-06-01
description	The focus of this paper is on how transnational relations of Somali-Swedes shapes their onward immigration to the United Kingdom and intervenes in their educational and labour market career. The data for the study was collected using ethnographic interview methods in multiple locations: Stockholm, London and Birmingham and analysed using the concept of imagination as a social practice. The results of this study show that onward immigration of Somali-Swedes has multiple agendas, and more importantly it is contingent on the political, cultural and economic structure of opportunities of category embedded in the transnational spaces.
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In Search of Green Pastures: 'The onward immigration of Somali-Swedes to Britain'

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