Background: Switzerland is characterised by significant flows of migrants from different countries of origin and with different levels of education. More than half of recent migrants have reported experiencing prejudice or discriminatory practices in the last 24 months. Methods: Based on a 2018 survey of 7,740 adult migrants (aged 24-64) who arrived in Switzerland in 2006 or later, we examine whether self-reported health is statistically associated with the perception of being a victim of prejudice or discrimination. Ordered logistic regressions are estimated using two indicators of discrimination: the frequency of discrimination and the number of places where discrimination occurs. Results: The regression results show that discrimination, which is not necessarily based on ethnicity or migrant status, is associated with health status, even after controlling for possible confounding factors. Discussion: Our results confirm those already observed in other countries of immigration. They suggest a likely association between perceived discrimination and self-reported health.
Public aspects of medicine, Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
In this work, we will mainly focus on Edouard Glissant’s archipelago aesthetics. Indeed, the West Indian novelist-orator uses in La Lézarde (1958) and Malemort (1975) a kind of rhetoric which reflects not only the history of the slave trade, but also the Caribbean island landscape. This is how the writer cultivates Caribbean ethnopoetics, without falling into the trap of standardisation or reductionism. In others words, the fiery indictment that the writer has drawn up against the oppressors is inextricably linked to a plea made to defend the cause of West Indian culture, by exhorting the Caribbean people to recover their historical memory and to take their destiny into their own hands. It is specifically in that context that the Edouard Glissant’s romantic epic and sublime beauty are fully in line with his archipelago aesthetics.
English literature, French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature
Resumen: En este artículo proponemos que la reciente migración venezolana es una diáspora en proceso de construcción. A partir de observación participante y entrevistas con informantes clave e inmigrantes venezolanos residentes en Argentina, Estados Unidos (Florida) y Portugal, sostenemos que tanto la experiencia común de la crisis humanitaria en el país de origen como la realidad transnacional compartida, contribuye a que los venezolanos en el exterior constituyan una diáspora en proceso de institucionalización y consolidación.
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
This article analyses migration decisions and labour market manoeuvring of Latvian migrants to Norway, as well as the economic and social conditions that influence their choices. How do they adapt to the labour market in Norway? Do they practise circular migration, or do they aim for more permanent settlement? For some circular migrants, ‘reinforced’ motivation for migration emerges gradually, partly related to differences in working conditions – lower workload, better enforcement of work-safety regulations and opportunities for specialising in their field. Family and networks can influence both return and permanent settlement, depending on whether these are based in the home country or in Norway.
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration, Communities. Classes. Races
Este artigo pretende realizar uma discussão sobre problemas contemporâneos relacionados às relações entre história e mídia, destacando o papel desempenhado pela Internet na produção de memória e artefatos históricos no universo virtual. Ressalta-se assim, os paradoxos produzidos por uma espécie de - memo - história distribuída nesse veículo sublinhado a dificuldade de selecionarmos diante do excesso de informação e os desafios de preservamos o passado para o futuro. Em busca de uma chave de compreensão para problemas, realiza-se um diálogo com Paul Ricoeur e suas reflexões sobre os abusos de memória e esquecimento.
Palavras Chaves: História, Mídia, Esquecimento, Internet
If urban data production and management strategies has generated the smartcities movement, digital technology devices are anchored in territories and modify the ordinary practices of inhabitants. They participate as tools in the urban transformation process. We will more particularly attempt to show to what extent does the introduction of ICT devices in citizen participation moments change the political « dispositif ». As perspective, we will present initiatives, which are inspired by citizen sciences and where « participate by doing » means to produce a common knowledge. This article is a state of art which suggests a reflection on the interactions between inhabitants, techniques, and urban public action using the notion of « citizen as sensor ».
Geography (General), Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
In this article, we argue that Maxine Beneba Clarke’s tale ‘The Stilt Fishermen of Kathaluwa,’ in Foreign Soil (2014), is a provocative representation of migration in contemporary Australia. At a time in which the world is facing its largest migration since the Second World War and in which Australian border policy is making headlines around the world, Clarke’s tale is a powerful intervention in discourses of contemporary Australian identity and nationhood. We demonstrate that the tale is a subtle manipulation of what McCullough terms the ‘refugee narrative structure’ since it carefully undercuts the myth of a nation as a coherent narrative across time and space. By juxtaposing the tales of an illegal migrant and a volunteer case worker, and by setting the tale largely in a functioning detention centre, Clarke gives voice to the voiceless and draws parallels between individuals on different sides of the insider/outsider binary. The encounter that finally takes place between them implicates the reader very directly in discourses of contemporary migration and border policy.
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration, Sociology (General)
The paper explores the social impacts of emigration and rural-urban migration in Croatia, focusing on the period from 1991 to 2011. In this period, Croatia has experienced conflict and post-conflict-induced population movements, followed by a period of normalization of migration flows. The paper explores, in detail, labour migration and impacts on labour markets, in the context of skills shortages in Croatia. The role of remittances and social security agreements are also addressed. The paper addresses the problems of institutional support and of migration policy, making a series of recommendations for policy makers to minimize the social costs of migration and, instead, ensure that migration contributes to social development.
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
For most of human history there have been extensive exchanges of medical information all over Eurasia. Some diseases were considered to be geographically determined, and hence had to be cured using local knowledge. Other ailments were found in many places, but cures could differ according to location. Most healers, whether book based or experiential, took a non-judgemental approach to different healing methods, as seen especially in India in the early colonial period.
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration, Sociology (General)
Dr. Rozina Švent’s Slovenski begunci v Austriji 1945-1950 is an important addition to the growing literature on the Slovene political migration. Its scope is admirably summarised by dr. Joze Rant on its back cover: The book describes the life and activities of those post-war Slovene refugees from communism, whom the British did not return to Jugoslavia in 1945. The study fills one of the gaps in recent Slovene history. On the basis of numerous primary and secondary, written and oral sources it inventories the part of the Slovene families abroad from May 1945 until the emigration overseas of the majority of them, mostly to Argentina.
Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration
Since the downfall of the dictatorship, Hungary's approach to migration, traditionally a liberal one, is now mainly shaped by the country's intention to be reintegrated into Europe and, to have its migration practice harmonized with that of the Western democracies. Decisionmakers in Budapest show no great concern about emigration, which is expected to remain relatively insignificant. Attention is therefore concentrated on the possibility of a massive influx of immigrants, especially from the neighboring states. This could easily undermine Hungary's political stability and economic development. The question of international migration can be addressed only in an all-European framework. Experts are convinced that migratory pressures originating in Eastern and Central Europe could be considerably limited by measures taken to guarantee the rights of ethnic minorities.