Aiding Defeated Migrants”

Institutional Strategies to Assist Polish Returned Migrants

Bibliographic Data

ID9954845
AuthorsIzabela Czerniejewska (Centre for Migration Studies Poznań Poland, corresponding author), Elżbieta M Goździak (0000-0002-8793-0379, Institute for the Study of International Migration Washington D.C)
Year2013
Volume52
Issue1
Pages87-99
Publication date2013-12-05
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/imig.12145
OpenAlexW2002500021
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited18

This article is based on an exploratory study of Polish “returned” migrants aided by the Barka Foundation, carried out in 2010 shortly after the men were returned to Poland, during the liminal stage of readjustment and decision‐making about whether to remain in Poland, return to the UK or migrate elsewhere. The interviews centred on migrants' assessment of their migration projects; engagement with Barka outreach workers; decision‐making processes about returning to Poland; assessment of most pressing needs; evaluation of provided services once they returned to Poland; and plans for the future. Discussions with service providers mirrored these themes to compare the emic or insiders' (migrants) and etic or outsiders' (programme staff's) assessment of the strategies employed to aid Polish “returned” migrants

Emic and etic · Exploratory research · Liminality · Outreach · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Employment and Welfare Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics

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