Factors Underlying Return Migration Decisions among Nigerian Victims of 2019 Xenophobic Violence in South Africa

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ID12955397
AutoresOludayo Tade (0000-0002-5997-1819, University of Ibadan, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume14
Fascículo1
Páginas64-88
Data de publicação2022-01-11
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAfrican Diaspora (BOOK_SERIES)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1872-5457 • E-ISSN: 1872-5465
EditoraBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/18725465-bja10005
OpenAlexW4206255011
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas3
Referências citadas17

Studies on xenophobic violence have mainly focused on their causes and effects, but have yet to probe how victimisation experiences of xenophobia trigger migration intentions and actual practices. In a balance of tales, I examine how families contributed to staying put/return decisions by Nigerian migrants in South Africa following the September 2019 xenophobic violence. The study asks: to what extent do family facilitate and/or contribute to the decision to return? And how do return strategies unveil the centrality of family in taking migration decisions? Data emerged through online interviews with Nigerian immigrants in South Africa who stayed put, and six family members in Nigeria were reached through snowball sampling. This was supplemented with secondary interviews conducted with Nigerian returnees in three National newspapers ( The Punch , Vanguard , Nigerian Tribune and The Nation newspapers). Findings show the centrality of family in both migration intentions, staying-put, and the actual practices of Nigerian victims of xenophobia in South Africa

Criminology · Emigration · Media studies · Newspaper · Political science · Racism · Scapegoating · Snowball sampling · Sociology · Xenophobia · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration