Crossing borders
Family migration strategies and routes from Burma to the US
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3622176 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Manashi Ray (West Virginia State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 773-791 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Community (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1369183x.2017.1314815 |
| OpenAlex | W2606707208 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 32 |
Over the last 35 years, the US has been the top recipient country for refugee resettlement. Despite political ambivalence about refugee admittance and their integration into America’s sociocultural fabric, little is known in refugee literature about how receiving countries’ refugee and asylum policies structure refugee migratory processes and flows from countries of origin. Based on 21 in-depth interviews and group discussions with Chin-Burmese families, this paper traces migratory strategies and routes from Northern Burma to the US by examining the role of class, family dynamics, cross-border connections and social capital in migratory decision-making for irregular border-crossings and endurance as transit migrants. Additionally, I analyse the critical functions of intermediary social actors and institutions, particularly faith and community-based organisations, for gaining entry to destination countries. I show that examining Chin refugees’ agency and pre-migratory motives demonstrates the heterogeneity of the refugee population, justifying Chimamanda Adichie’s claim that ‘nobody is just a refugee’
Ambivalence · Burmese · Development economics · Economic growth · Immigration · Political science · Population · Refugee · Sociology · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Social Psychology
Refugee Communities
Making Refuge
Safe Haven
Immigrant America
Jewish Power
The Pragmatics of Performance
Un/settling Angels
The Faith Community's Role in Refugee Resettlement in the United States
Social Networks and the Asylum Cycle
Social Networks and the Asylum Cycle
Social capital and economic cooperation among Israeli emigrants
Burmese labour migration into Thailand
Ethical Dilemmas and Identifications of Faith-Based Humanitarian Organizations in the Karen Refugee Crisis
Migration Control and the Solutions Impasse in South and Southeast Asia
Living Silence in Burma
Conflict in Rakhine State in Myanmar
Family and Personal Networks in International Migration
Trust Networks in Transnational Migration
Brokerage in Cross-Border Mobility
Refugees and transnationalism on the Thai-Burmese border
Faith, Ethnicity, and Culture in Refugee Resettlement
Social Remittances Revisited
Go West Young Man
Family Strategies and Transnational Migration
The Culture of Mexican Migration
Immigrant Kinship Networks and the Impact of the Receiving Context
Regulating the Unregulated
Buddha Is Hiding
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |