'I wish, I wish...': mobility, immobility and the global ‘imaginings’ of Nigerian transnational children
dc.contributor.author | Veale, Angela | |
dc.contributor.author | Andres, Camilla | |
dc.contributor.funder | Seventh Framework Programme | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-31T15:47:56Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-31T15:47:56Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-08 | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-01-31T15:33:26Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Transnational migration characterised by temporary or ongoing border-crossings has been hailed as a means by which migrants can creatively sustain the economic life of their families while establishing connections and social networks in different nation states (Vertovec, 2007). Yet Al-Ali and Koser (2002) caution that transnational mobility is not equally accessible to all migrants; gender relations, household structures, legal status and access to entitlements can all act as barriers to migrant mobility. While the transnational migration literature emphasises connected social networks across bi-national locations, it has insufficiently captured the ‘stuckness’ experienced by many African transnational migrants once they reach Europe and that of their children back home. The differently-situated position of children with respect to transnational mobility is under-researched in the academic literature. While the children of the global elite can move with relative ease (Nette and Hayden 2007), the children of middle-class and poor families in the developing world, such as Africa, encounter significant barriers to transnational mobility. In particular, the left-behind children of European-based African migrant parents are part of an increasing population of children whose lives are defined by the opportunities but also the constraints of globalisation. | en |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Veale, A. and Andres, C. (2014) ''I wish, I wish...': Reflections on mobility, immobility and the global 'imaginings' of Nigerian transnational children', in Veale, A. and Dona, G. (eds)., Child & Youth Migration: Mobility-in Migration in an Era of Globalization, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 140-162. isbn:9781137280664 | en |
dc.identifier.endpage | 162 | en |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781137280664 | |
dc.identifier.startpage | 140 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/7413 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | en |
dc.relation.ispartof | Child & Youth Migration: Mobility-in Migration in an Era of Globalization | |
dc.relation.project | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7::SP1::SSH/235548/EU/NORFACE Transnational Programme on Migration in Europe/NORFACE PLUS | en |
dc.relation.uri | https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137280664 | |
dc.rights | © Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014. | en |
dc.subject | Transnational migration | en |
dc.subject | Psychology | en |
dc.subject | Development | en |
dc.subject | Children | en |
dc.subject | Families | en |
dc.subject | Africa | en |
dc.subject | Ireland | en |
dc.subject | Nigeria | en |
dc.subject | Immigrants | en |
dc.subject | Politics | en |
dc.subject | Asylum | en |
dc.title | 'I wish, I wish...': mobility, immobility and the global ‘imaginings’ of Nigerian transnational children | en |
dc.type | Book chapter | en |
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