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Labelling or ambiguity of migrants? Paradigm in social sciences and advantage of multiple belonging

Publication at Faculty of Humanities |
2016

Abstract

Categories are based on labelling and term of "migrant" is not an exception. Migrants are generally included into certain categories in spite of their individuality and there is widespread persuasion that current localization has got main influence on their current social behaviour.

In addition, for immigration scholars, rejecting of pre-migration ties and accepting of post-migration ties is seen as a constitutive way. However, in modern global age, both post-migration and pre-migration ties could be an advantage because of profit from belonging to multiple ties.

Above that, views, perspectives and opportunities as well as social networks are raising by mobility. Maintaining contacts with more cultures and with people from different background could be benefit.

Labelling of migrants of certain category is confined which means attributed decrease of possibilities. It is needed to decentralize migrants, their localization shouldn't be presumption for labelling, and be careful about inclusion, when accepting of new social ties and skills shouldn't be necessary seen as constitutive.

In fact, multiple ties are more constitutive.