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Migration as Multiple Pathways. Narrative Interviews with Polish Migrants in Belfast, Northern Ireland
Migration as Multiple Pathways. Narrative Interviews with Polish Migrants in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Author(s): Justyna Bell
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: narrative interview; Northern Ireland; migration decision-making; chain migration; post -accession migration

Summary/Abstract: This article explores the complexities of motivations and the multiplicity of trajectories amongst individual migrants. By analysing the migratory narratives of three Polish migrants in Belfast, Northern Ireland it will display the intricacies of the impact their biographical courses from before migration have on the experiences and perception of settlement in the destination context. The juxtaposition of the stories of the three migrants selected for this study will serve to demonstrate the distinct formation of a sense of belonging, relation to the homeland and the development of interpersonal relations throughout migratory process.

  • Issue Year: IV/2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 106-118
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: English