Cosmopolitans and 'cliques': Everyday socialisation amongst Tamil student and young professional migrants to the UK

Ethnicities

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 420-437

  Jones, Demelza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cosmopolitanism; international students; migrant social networks; professional migration; skilled migration; student migration; Tamils

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880653791     PISSN: 14687968     EISSN: 17412706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1468796813483729     Document Type: Article

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