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A Privilege not a Choice: Transnational Support Networks of Asylum Seekers and Expatriates

Hoór, Dorottya; (2021) A Privilege not a Choice: Transnational Support Networks of Asylum Seekers and Expatriates. Social Inclusion , 9 (4) pp. 254-265. 10.17645/si.v9i4.4527. Green open access

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Abstract

The article explores how different factors shape migrants’ transnational social fields and support networks through a comparative study of two different groups of migrants—asylum seekers and expatriates—in Budapest, Hungary. To do so, the study employs a parallel mixed‐methods social network design by combining personal network data with qualitative data based on interviews and ethnographic fieldwork with thirty‐three migrants in the aftermath of the 2015 refugee crisis. The article presents three key findings: First, it finds that asylum seekers’ and expatriates’ networks differ on several key characteristics, as asylum seekers’ close personal networks are less efficient, smaller in size, and show a remarkable lack of friendship and transnational support ties. Second, it also finds that asylum seekers have limited access to social support and, especially so, to financial and emotional support. Lastly, using multi‐level models, the article also demonstrates how migrants’ legal status and the transnationality of their support ties affect their access to financial support, as well as how their gender and legal status shape their access to emotional support. These findings illustrate how migrants’ individual opportunity structures affect their transnational practices alongside their access to social support, while also highlighting the importance of several individual and contextual factors which contribute to the diverse integration processes of migrants.

Type: Article
Title: A Privilege not a Choice: Transnational Support Networks of Asylum Seekers and Expatriates
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.17645/si.v9i4.4527
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v9i4.4527
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © Dorottya Hoór. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction of the work without further permission provided the original author(s) and source are credited.
Keywords: asylum seekers; expatriates; migration; personal networks; social networks; social support; transnationalism
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute for Global Health
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203884
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