Pacific Islanders and the Rim: Linked by Migration

• Published in: Asian and Pacific migration journal : APMJ 2007-01, Vol.16 (2), p.143-156
• Main Authors: Lee, Helen, Connell, John, Voigt-Graf, Carmen, Iredale, Robyn, Khoo, Siew-ean, Borovnik, Maria, Bedford, Richard, Ho, Elsie, Krishnan, Vasantha, Hong, Bev, Mares, Peter, MacLellan, Nic, Esau, Raelyn Lolohea
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Australia; Brain drain; Cultural Change; Cultural changes; Cultural identity; Demographic change; Emigration; Ethnic Identity; Government programmes; Indigenous culture; Islands; Japan; Labour mobility; Marriage migration; Migrants; Migration; National identity; New Zealand; Oceania; Pacific Islander people; Pacific Islanders; Pacific Region; Pacific Rim studies; Seasonal migration; Skilled workers; Social factors; Socioeconomic development; Transnationalism
• ISSN: 0117-1968; 2057-049X
• DOI: 10.1177/011719680701600201

This special issue aims to provide an update on the debate surrounding Pacific Islander migration. The papers included in this volume focus on a number of issues that have been discussed in the academic literature and the media over recent years. Academics have long been interested in the issues of cultural change and migrant identities. However, only recently have sizeable communities of second generation Pacific Islander migrants emerged in the Pacific Rim which challenge some of the previously held beliefs about Pacific Islander transnationalism. This issue is discussed by Helen Lee's contribution on transnationalism by second generation Tongan migrants in Australia. Her contribution also discusses the future of remittances sent by Tongans in Australia in the light of a growing second generation within the Tongan Australian community. Adapted from the source document.