He has been working for 18 years and has had more than 20 jobs, with the longest lasting more than four years and the shortest lasting less than a day. He has written nearly 1,000 poems totaling more than 100,000 characters. Xiao Hai has taken two training courses with the Lao She ...
having saved up for six months, they take off — not even telling their mothers — because they believe they have “no choice.” They may feel guilty, but they also feel empowered to take control of their own destinies.
Since 2019, there has been a five-time increase in the number of severe injuries occurring at the border wall near San Diego, linked to its height increase under the Trump administration (Liepert et al., 2022). Although Anahi did not experience physical injury while crossing the border, she...
Daniel and Yesenia were two focal youth of the study, who migrated from high-altitude communities to Urubamba alone or with their families to attend urban schools. At the time of the study, they were 13 and 16 years old respectively. As Yesenia’s mom explained to me, the family sought t...
were among the factors with the greatest impact on the mental health and well-being of the migrant population. Many immigrants who are in the process of regularizing their situation in Portugal have precarious jobs; therefore, they have little labour rights and, therefore, they cannot stop working...
For about three months thereafter he did not have any contact with me, even though I texted him on WeChat whether he would still want to pay his personal insurance through my company. His silence I well understood. Not having much saving and having no jobs, paying every month the minimum...
Due to workplaces having to close their operations temporarily, many unskilled to semi-skilled workers lost their daily jobs temporarily. This left them with limited or no choices but to travel to their home state to avoid financial difficulties in their then current residence state prior to lock...
The first narrative sees women and children as victims “in need of rescue”, whereas the second narrative defines people on the move as “migrants who are ungrateful, alien, steal local jobs, threaten the security of the host nation, and are the source of any increases in national crime ...
Some new arrivals came to New York with professional jobs, an opportunity in the arts or support to pursue higher education. Many others migrated in less-privileged circumstances. To explore vulnerabilities associated with the need for housing and money in an expensive city, this study sought out...
Since China entered the 21st century, a phenomenon of return migrants moving back from urban to rural areas has been noted, especially in central regions such as Hubei Province. Despite its significance, this phenomenon remains inadequately understood. E