The role of support networks in the initial stages of integration: The case of West African newcomers in the Netherlands

International Migration

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 31-57

  Chelpi den Hamer, Magali ^a   Mazzucato, Valentina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN IMMIGRANT; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 77349122116     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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