New Diasporas by Nicholas Van Hear

Author:Nicholas Van Hear [Hear, Nicholas Van]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Social Science, Sociology, Political Science, General
ISBN: 9781135359324
Google: f3WOAgAAQBAJ
Goodreads: 17515219
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1998-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Conclusion: comparing the character of migration crises

The ten cases reviewed in this and the previous chapter illustrate the range of migration upheavals that have occurred as changes have permeated the world migratory dispensation, particularly in recent years. While only two episodes—those in the Balkans— were directly associated with the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the communist bloc, five others—the Middle East, Asian and Caribbean cases—were all contemporary with these events, suggesting that the beginning of the 1990s was a pivotal moment in the world migratory order.

The effects of the crisis on each migration order varied. For some, the crisis did mark a fundamental enduring shift in the migration order. For others, the shift was fundamental but only partial, in that the previous migration order resumed, although more weakly than before. For still others, the crisis marked only a temporary shift in the migration order, which rapidly resumed its prior shape. For still others, the crisis marked an accentuation of what was already under way. For some, the migration crisis was the culmination of a long-term process; for others it was a sudden rupture. These different outcomes are explored further in the following chapters.

As I indicated in Chapter 2, such crises throw into relief the working of migration orders. Common processes can be seen at work in the cases sketched in this and the previous chapter. To conclude the exposition of the 10 cases, I summarize and compare the character of the migration crises by drawing out the features of the migration order and of each migrant community that came to be at issue during each episode.

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