The early-morning phonecall: Remittances from a refugee diaspora perspective

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1315-1334

  Lindley, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forced Migration; Refugees; Remittances; Somalia; UK

Indexed keywords

DIASPORA; FORCED MIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS REMITTANCE; REFUGEE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; SOMALIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 70449486668     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691830903123112     Document Type: Article

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