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Female Migrants Caring for their Elderly Parents: An Understudied Case?

06.03.2019 , in ((Blog series, Experiences, Social Work)) , ((Pas de commentaires))
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Caring for vulnerable kin, children and elderly parents plays an important role in transnational families. As addressed in the global care circulation concept, female migrants from the Global South taking care of children and elderly members of wealthy families solve a public problem privately. We slightly change the focus and ...

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High-Skilled but Unemployed: The Absence of Expat Wives from the Labor Market

13.12.2018 , in ((Blog series, Politique, Skills and Migration)) , ((Pas de commentaires))

“Knowledge migration” in the Netherlands is a largely male affair. This is especially true for Indian who make up the largest group of “high-skilled” migrants to the country. Under Dutch Law, the partners of knowledge migrants are given a work permit but many of the Indian “expat wives” are unemployed. ...

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Mobility versus Caring Skills? The Recruitment of Care Workers for the Elderly

07.12.2018 , in ((Blog series, Politique, Séries de blogs, Skills and Migration)) , ((Pas de commentaires))

A new market for home care has emerged in Switzerland, fostered by the free movement of workers. Private care agencies recruit women from lower-wage countries and place them in private households for elderly care. The women usually work for a few weeks or months at a time and commute between ...

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Les compétences professionnelles sous-estimées des migrant·e·s

27.11.2017 , in ((Experiences)) , ((Pas de commentaires))

C’est une idée reçue de croire que les personnes migrantes hautement qualifiées accèdent facilement au marché de l’emploi. Dans la réalité, les personnes migrantes arrivées en Suisse pour des motifs humanitaires doivent se battre contre de nombreux préjugés afin de faire valoir leurs compétences et décrocher un poste de travail. ...

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