Rosemary Sales’s research while affiliated with Middlesex University and other places

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Publications (17)


Recent Polish Migrants in London: Accessing and Participating in Social Networks across Borders
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April 2016

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Rosemary Sales

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Family Migration: The Role of Children and Education in Family Decision-Making Strategies of Polish Migrants in London

April 2013

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International Migration

Poland’s accession to the European Union in May 2004 brought many new possibilities and opportunities for Polish migrants to the United Kingdom. However, the focus on individual migrants has underestimated the complex roles of families in migration strategies and decision making. This paper brings together data from two studies of Polish migrants in London. In 2006–2007, we carried out a qualitative study, Recent Polish Migrants in London. That research examined how families may be reconfigured in different ways through migration, for example, transnational networks and splits within families. While the study participants represented varied examples of family reunification, they also revealed the complex decision making processes about leaving, staying, rejoining and returning. In our most recent study, Polish Children in London Primary Schools, we interviewed parents, who had migrated with children, about their experiences and expectations of London schools. This study revealed that the age of children was usually a factor in family migration decision making. There was a common expectation that younger children could easily adapt to a new school and learn English quickly. Drawing on the findings of these two studies, this paper will explore firstly, the variety of family migration strategies and secondly, the factors that inform migrants’ decisions to bring their families (especially children) or to leave them back home. Finally, the paper concludes by considering some of the policy implications of our findings.




Figure 1 Grants of settlement* by country of nationality (see online version for colours)
Figure 2 Asylum applications (excluding dependants), (a) number of applications from Chinese nationals (b) Chinese nationals as percentage of all applicants (see online version for colours)
Table 2 UK -stock of foreign population by nationality (thousands)
Figure 3 Chinatown-land use (street level) (see online version for colours)
London's Chinatown: Diaspora, identity and belonging
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January 2011

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International Journal of Business and Globalisation

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Flemming Christiansen

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This paper discusses some of the main findings of a recently completed research project on London's Chinatown funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council within its diasporas, migration and identities programme. This involved interviews with a range of key informants and over 50 individual Chinese people living in London about their experience and feelings about Chinatown. The paper focuses on London's Chinatown's role in the construction and maintenance of diasporic identity and practice. It highlights the importance of Chinatown to Chinese people from a range of backgrounds and migratory statuses. For many, especially newcomers, it play an essential role in their every day lives and is the first port of call for information, employment and support networks. For others, its symbolic role may be more important. Chinatown was seen as essential in acknowledging their presence and in promoting a sense of belonging. The growing importance of formal and informal economic and political links with the government of the People's Republic of China has major implications for Chinatown and for the 'diaspora' which are explored in the paper.

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Forgotten Irish.

August 2009

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Table 1: United Kingdom -Stock of foreign population by nationality (thousands) 
Fig. 2: Chinese Population* in London Wards
Fig. 3: Chinese Population* in London Boroughs
Fig. 4: Asylum applications (excluding dependants)  
The changing Chinese community in London: new migration, new needs.

May 2009

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This research focuses on the needs of this new population and ways in which service providers could help to meet their needs and promote the social inclusion of the Chinese community in London. We concentrate on new migrants but we acknowledge that social exclusion and isolation are widespread among older generations and often exacerbated when they reach retirement age. The research included all those identifying their ethnic origin as Chinese including people from mainland China and Hong Kong as well as Taiwan, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam. It focused on London, which has the largest and most diverse Chinese population in Britain, and the most community organisations. We hope, however, that the recommendations will also be relevant to those outside London.




Citations (11)


... Masyarakat pribumi yang masuk, menetap dan hidup di area permukiman kelompok etnis Cina, membedakan cara hidup masyarakat pendatang kampung ini dengan keadaan pecinan di tempat atau mungkin negara lain. Penelitian yang dilakukan di Pecinan London menunjukkan bahwa masyarakatnya membuat perbedaan etnis antara pendatang dan masyarakat pribumi menciptakan batas bermukim (Sales, 2009). Dalam Kampung Kapitan saat ini terlihat batas bermukim etnis Cina dan pribumi kabur. ...

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Perubahan Ruang Bermukim di Kampung Kapitan Palembang
London's Chinatown: diaspora, identity and belonging

... Inny charakter miała natomiast emigracja z drugiej połowy XX wieku, szczególnie z lat 80. W tej grupie znalazło się wielu Polaków, którzy podtrzymywali więzi z innymi rodakami na obczyźnie i jednocześnie szybko integrowali się w społeczeństwie 37 Judah 2018, s. 11. 38 London Datastore, 04.05.2020. 39 Badaniami nad współczesną migracją Polaków do Wielkiej Brytanii zajmuje się wielu naukowców, między innymi: Ryan et al. 2009a, Burrell 2002, White 2010, White 2011, Lopez-Rodrigez 2010, Eade et al. 2006, Krotofil 2013, Ryan et al. 2009b, Ryan, Sales 2011, Sime 2014, Szewczyk 2014, Trevena et al. 2013, Okólski, Salt 2014, Kowalewska et al.2016, Iglicka 2011. 40 Holmes 1988Burrell 2002, s. 59-77;Lachowicz 2007. ...

Recent polish migrants in london: Accessing and participating in social networks across borders
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  • January 2009

... In an attempt to subjectify Chinese immigrants by placing them in their own perceived spectrum of race and identities, David Torres-Rouff (2016) argues that, although Chinese worldviews are carried with these immigrants overseas, their racial boundaries become porous in commercial and social relationships after their move. Similarly, in London's Chinatown and the Changing Shape of Chinese Diaspora, the authors present the multifaceted "Chinese faces" through London's Chinatown by recognizing the agencies of the Chinese community in shaping their identity and economy (Sales et al., 2011). ...

London’s Chinatown and the Changing Shape of Chinese Diaspora
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  • March 2011

... Research on Irish emigrants to the UK born between the years of 1920-1960, indicate that relocation to the UK may have bolstered the resilience resources of this group (Delaney et al. 2012). Some have suggested that, of Irish migrants to the UK during this period, females experienced a more resilient post migrant trajectory (Tilki et al. 2009). Furthermore, in her review of the literature on resilience and ICA, Conway (2012) states that ''the literature reviewed demonstrated potential differences in how men and women respond to and recover from abuse experiences'' (p. ...

Forgotten Irish.

... Generally, Chinese illegal migrants are in unskilled work, particularly in catering, food processing and agriculture, as the lack of qualification and language skills limits them to working largely in a low-paid and poor working condition (Lam et al. 2009;Pieke et al. 2004). In my earlier findings (Chen 2019), some of the undocumented migrants struggled to make ends meet, and so paid little attention to their left-behind families. ...

The changing Chinese community in London: new migration, new needs.

... Although a body of research exists on the experiences of migrant children in the UK (for example, Ryan et al., 2010), very little of this is focused on the experience of parents, and none on the Latin American community. As such, this study aimed to conduct a broad exploration of the experiences of Latin American parents in relation to their children entering the UK education system. ...

NEWLY ARRIVED MIGRANT AND REFUGEE CHILDREN IN THE BRITISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM RESEARCH REPORT

... On the other hand, home is also the current locus of daily-life experiences, a specific location, an abode, that incorporates social relations. (Brah, 1996;Sales et al., 2011). As noted by Toivanen (2014) in her work on young Kurds in Finland, the attachment of community members to their land of origin or homeland varies from one member to another, and especially from one generation to another, depending on different personal and life experiences. ...

London's Chinatown: Diaspora, identity and belonging

International Journal of Business and Globalisation

... Neoliberal migration theories assume that migration decisions are based largely, if not solely, on economic factors (Sales 2007). Moreover, they presume that family migration is undertaken to maximize the economic opportunities of the main wage earner who is often considered, explicitly or implicitly, to be male (Ryan, Sales 2013). This approach disregards forced migrants and overlooks the role of women and children in the decision-making processes and obfuscates "the underlying social and cultural decision-making processes of family migrants" (Smith 2004: 265). ...

Family Migration: The Role of Children and Education in Family Decision-Making Strategies of Polish Migrants in London
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  • April 2013

International Migration

... These return-migration examples which the migrants observed in their vicinity also contributed to their own reflections on their life strategy. This is reinforced by the fact that, in many cases, Poles never fully integrated in the British society, having most of their social ties still in Poland and living a transnational life (Fanning, Kloc-Nowak and Lesińska 2020;McGhee, Moreh and Vlachantoni 2017;Ryan, Sales, Tilki and Siara 2007). Anne White and Louise Ryan have written that 'such decisions [whether to return or stay] are influenced by the nature of the very ties and networks which link Poles in Poland to Poles abroad' (2008: 1468. ...

Recent Polish Migrants in London: social networks, transience and settlement

... Moreover, studies distinguishing between bonding/bridging networks remain inconclusive regarding which types of networks yield the most beneficial outcomes (Phillimore et al. 2022). Recent research has shifted towards examining resource and information exchanges within migrant networks (Ryan et al. 2008;Ryan 2011), yet gaps persist in explaining how relationships form, evolve and impact integration (Bilecen et al. 2018), especially for refugees (Klva� nov� a 2010). Understanding the impact of relationships on refugees' integration requires considering both the exchanges within these connections (Phillimore 2012) and people's personal experiences and contexts in which relationships develop (Garip 2008;Echterhoff et al. 2020). ...

Social Networks, Social Support and Social Capital: The Experiences of Recent Polish Migrants in London
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  • August 2008

Sociology