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Migration from a transnational perspective:

Global Issues Seminar Series October 11, 2006. Migration from a transnational perspective:. The case of Ghanaian migrants in the Netherlands and their ties back home. Valentina Mazzucato. B. Home. Host. A. Migration. Home. Host. Transnationalism. A transnational perspective.

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Migration from a transnational perspective:

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  1. Global Issues Seminar Series October 11, 2006 Migration from a transnational perspective: The case of Ghanaian migrants in the Netherlands and their ties back home Valentina Mazzucato

  2. B Home Host A Migration

  3. Home Host Transnationalism

  4. A transnational perspective • Linkages are focal point. • Need to look at what is happening on BOTH sides of migration.

  5. A transnational network

  6. Benefits to people back home

  7. ? ( ) > ( ) remittances FROM migrants remittances TO migrants BUT Only SOMETIMES does migration provide benefits to those at home. • Depends on the migrant’s situation abroad. • Remittances are two-way flows.

  8. Ghanaians in the NL • Arrived since 1980s • Low education levels • Men and women • Officially 18,700 in 2004 (more likely around 45,000)

  9. Non-remittance expenditures

  10. Formal and informal economies of identity docs. • 2001 2002 2003 • Staying permit 56 430 • Renewal of staying permit 0 285 • Permit for unlimited time 227 890 • Legalization of birth certificate 122 • ‘Typical’ immigration lawyer fee 1,000 • ‘Help’ with legalization procedure 2,000 • Marriage partner 10,000 ~~ Euros ~~

  11. Conclusion 1 • Migration policies in migrant-receiving countries affect the development potential of migrants.

  12. Remittances as two-way flows • Migrants receive services and goods from home: • Housing construction • Child care • Business management • Local goods (food, medicine, clothes, videos) • Also receive services related to helping migrants in crisis situations.

  13. Remittances as two-way flows

  14. Conclusion 2 • Policies in migrant-receiving countries affect the “costs” of migration for migrant-sending countries.

  15. Overall implications • Migration studies need to look at BOTH ends of the migration equation. • International development agencies and Western country governments need to address the fact that migration policies in migrant-receiving countries affect the development potential of migration.

  16. Ghana TransNetwww2.fmg.uva.nl/ghanatransnet/

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