Family Practices in Migration

This book places family at the centre of discussions about migration and migrant life, seeing migrants not as isolated individuals, but as relational beings whose familial connections influence their migration decisions and trajectories.

Introduction. 1. Experiences of childhood 'illegality' for 1.5 generation Latinx youth in Texas: 'Never tell anyone about your status'. 2. Case studies across national boundaries: underscoring nuanced factors in migrant peer youth groups. 3. Honduran children's views on migrating to Barcelona: Narratives of violence, hardship and family strategies. 4. Portuguese migrant descendant returnees from Canada: the role of family in processes of return. 5. Home without family, family without home: Young migrants' experiences of home and relationships in the city of Brussels. 6. My mother's country. Relational Nationality and Transnational Family Ties. 7. Mothers Who Cross Borders. Family Care Networks in the Homes of Immigrant Mothers. 8. Family Narratives and Moving Intimacies in an Indian Diaspora. 9. Narratives of motherhood: Seeking asylum. 10. Reflections on a community based participatory research project with unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. 11. The researcher as a shapeshifter in the field: Challenges in doing fieldwork with transnational migrant families. 12. Transforming the Pause of Life for Female Asylum Seekers into Action: Empowerment through Dance and Movement. Concluding thoughts on family practices in migration.