Impact of Migration on Families

Programme Director: Sarah Harper
 

  Funding: EU 5th Framework
This programme examines the impact of migrant female care labour on family structures and networks. Drawing on a network of collaborators, it examines predominantly female led health and social care migration into the EU former Eastern European, Asian, African and Latin American countries. It focuses particularly on the impact of this migration on these women’s lives and on the families left behind in the sending countries. This migration impacts not only on national welfare regimes, but on the informal and family based care structures in these sending countries.
  Researchers: Harper, Aboderin and Ruicheva
  Publications: Harper, S., Aboderin, I. and Ruicheva, I. (2006) The impact of female led migration in the health and social care sectors on intergenerational relationships, OIA Working Paper (in preparation)
Aboderin, I. Changing Nursing Contexts and Identity in Nigeria: The Making of Expectations and Experiences of Nursing in the UK, Journal of Clinical Nursing
OIA Working Paper, (in preparation).

Nigerian Eldercare Nurses in the UK

  Funding: EU 5th Framework
This is a study of Nigerian nurses migrating to the UK and the impact this has on their social responsibilities in Nigeria.
Researchers: Aboderin and Harper

Bulgarian Health and Social Care Workers in Greece

  Funding: EU 5th Framework
This is a study of Bulgarian women who have migrated to Greece to work in the informal health and social care sector, predominantly in home settings, and the impact this has on their social responsibilities in Bulgaria. This is a joint project with Sextant, Athens.
  Researchers: Ruicheva and Harper