Migrants’ financial transfers have been estimated to be Somalia’s largest source of revenue. The UK is believed to be a significant source of these financial transfers to Somalia. Drawing on preliminary ethnographic research in the UK during 2004, this paper firstly presents some empirical observations on the dynamics of these movements of people and money between the UK and Somalia and other parts of the Horn of Africa. Secondly, it asks, in contexts of forced migration, what is the relevance of the popular concept of migrants’ financial transfers as part of a “transnational household livelihood strategy”? Notions of household, strategy, and what it means to send money in such contexts are critically reviewed. The analysis concludes with s...
Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3bn each year to friends and families at home...
The ‘global’ economic downturn and subsequent phase of austerity haveprompted an ongoing search for ...
Il protrarsi del conflitto in Somalia ha causato un fenomeno migratorio di notevole complessità. La...
The article analyzes the system and the role of remittances in the context of political instability ...
Literature on conflict has largely overlooked migrants’ remittances, and literature on migrant’s rem...
This thesis explores the meanings migrants attach to the practice of remitting. Building on previous...
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the Somali population in Uganda. This spike reflects a...
This paper draws on ethnographic research in America and Ethiopia to explore the phenomenon of Sudan...
An estimated 1 billion people globally (200 million of whom were senders) were involved in the proce...
This study focuses on the diaspora contribution to the development of Somaliland. In detail three t...
My thesis examines dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within Somali social networks in East Africa...
Based upon qualitative research with Somali refugees in two European host countries – the UK and the...
This research report, commissioned by UNDP Somalia, is based on work done in six diaspora hubs (Duba...
I began collecting data for this paper almost two years ago at a time when the role of the Somali di...
The research investigated the barriers and the challenges that Somali Remittance Companies face and ...
Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3bn each year to friends and families at home...
The ‘global’ economic downturn and subsequent phase of austerity haveprompted an ongoing search for ...
Il protrarsi del conflitto in Somalia ha causato un fenomeno migratorio di notevole complessità. La...
The article analyzes the system and the role of remittances in the context of political instability ...
Literature on conflict has largely overlooked migrants’ remittances, and literature on migrant’s rem...
This thesis explores the meanings migrants attach to the practice of remitting. Building on previous...
Recent years have seen a dramatic increase in the Somali population in Uganda. This spike reflects a...
This paper draws on ethnographic research in America and Ethiopia to explore the phenomenon of Sudan...
An estimated 1 billion people globally (200 million of whom were senders) were involved in the proce...
This study focuses on the diaspora contribution to the development of Somaliland. In detail three t...
My thesis examines dynamics of inclusion and exclusion within Somali social networks in East Africa...
Based upon qualitative research with Somali refugees in two European host countries – the UK and the...
This research report, commissioned by UNDP Somalia, is based on work done in six diaspora hubs (Duba...
I began collecting data for this paper almost two years ago at a time when the role of the Somali di...
The research investigated the barriers and the challenges that Somali Remittance Companies face and ...
Somali migrants around the world send approximately $1.3bn each year to friends and families at home...
The ‘global’ economic downturn and subsequent phase of austerity haveprompted an ongoing search for ...
Il protrarsi del conflitto in Somalia ha causato un fenomeno migratorio di notevole complessità. La...