Information and Refugee Migration

The Case of Mozambicans in Malawi

Datos Bibliográficos

ID10834895
AutoresKhalid Koser (autor de correspondencia)
Año1996
Volumen87
Número5
Páginas407-418
Fecha de publicación1996-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9663.1998.tb01573.x
PMID12320757
OpenAlexW2171503718
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas44

Despite increasing prominence in international population movements, refugee migration is a poorly understood social and spatial process. Common assumptions about refugee migration have rarely been empirically tested. This article focuses attention on the migration decision‐making process of refugees. Its conceptual basis is that the decision making of refugees can be critically compared with that of other migrants. An analytical framework is suggested which focuses on the receipt and evaluation of information about prospective destinations in the decision‐making process. It is tested in the context of Mozambican refugees in Malawi in 1992 and 1993. Analysis shows that this framework achieves a qualified success in explaining the patterns and processes of migration of the study population, and suggests broader applications for the framework

Context (archaeology · Destinations · Development economics · Economics · Forced migration · Geography · Immigration · Political science · Population · Process (computing · Receipt · Refugee · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration