Salvadoran Migrants in Australia: An Analysis of Transnational Families' Capability to Care across Borders

International Migration

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 153-165

  Merla, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL TRADITION; ELDERLY CARE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; REFUGEE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84954361433     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12024     Document Type: Article

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