Contracting Margins? Liquid International Migration in the Pacific

Datos Bibliográficos

ID19003073
AutoresJ Connell (0000-0003-0945-0684, The University of Sydney, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen35
Número1-2
Páginas107-123
Fecha de publicación2019-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRevue européenne des migrations internationales (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0765-0752 • E-ISSN: 1777-5418
EditorialOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/remi.12739
OpenAlexW2984760759
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas36

In the smaller Pacific islands especially, migration has a long history. In this century international migration has become more significant in Melanesia, more diverse in terms of destinations and occupation, more valuable to national economies through remittances and more likely to be permanent. Governments of the smaller Pacific island states have become increasingly involved in negotiating migration strategies, as remittances have become more significant for national and household economies. Responding to scarce international opportunities has been particularly difficult in smaller, more remote states. In the coral island states outer islands are losing population. An economic rationale dominates migration but environmental changes are putting further pressure on the coral island states especially, and the margins of settlement in the Pacific are gradually contracting. Reversing these trends is unlikely to be imminent

Climate change · Destinations · Development economics · Economics · Economy · Geography · Human migration · Immigration · International trade · Mass migration · Negotiation · Pacific Rim · Political science · Population · Small Island Developing States · Sociology · Tourism · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Oceanography