“It's All So Different Here…”

Initial Employment and Social Engagement Experiences of South Africans in New Zealand

Dados Bibliográficos

ID17544758
AutoresAndrew Trlin (New Zealand Human Rights Review Tribunal), A D Trlin (autor correspondente)
Ano2012
Volume21
Fascículo1
Páginas57-81
Data de publicação2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAsian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/011719681202100103
OpenAlexW2333953991
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas13

South African immigrants in New Zealand have been largely ignored by researchers in comparison with ‘visible’ migrants from Asia and the South Pacific. This paper examines the initial settlement experiences of a group of skilled South Africans with regard to employment and social engagement. It has two key aims: to show that despite their ‘invisibility’ South Africans were not immune to initial settlement difficulties; and to identify the cause(s) of such difficulties. The evidence indicates that cultural, social and economic differences between South Africa and New Zealand were the primary causes of the difficulties experienced. Prejudice was also a factor but was usually less overt, more complex and sometimes just a matter of suspicion

Ethnology · Geography · Immigration · Invisibility · Political science · Prejudice (legal term) · Settlement (finance) · Sociology · South asia · Gender Studies · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics