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British-born second generation return migrants to India: caring responsibilities in a transnational context

British-born second generation return migrants to India: caring responsibilities in a transnational context
British-born second generation return migrants to India: caring responsibilities in a transnational context
The Indian migrant population in Britain has aged-in-place, such that second and third
generation British Indians now make up a large proportion of this group. For instance, East
African-born Asians in England and Wales (including their British-born children) make up
around one-third of the Indian ethnic population in the United Kingdom. Research on the
topic of second generation ‘counter-diasporic migration’ is limited when compared to first
generation migration. The research presented in this paper provides academic evidence on
this particular flow of migrants. There is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that British
Indian counter-diasporic return migration is occurring.
It is the relationship between these British born migrants and their ancestral homeland that is
the subject of our research interest. This paper is a presentation of results from a pilot study
exploring caring responsibilities. That is, the approaches return migrants, particularly those in
the ‘sandwich’ generation that are expected to provide care for their children as well as
parents, are adopting to balance their responsibilities. With relatives living in India and the
UK, we explored how they envisage these responsibilities to change over coming years and
potential strategies for dealing with this. Results showed an emphasis on extended
families, the advantages of living in multi-generational households and evidence of chain
migration. This is in line with Jeremy Hunt’s advice to British families to follow the example
of people in Asia, by taking in elderly relatives once they can no longer live alone.
Khambhaita, Priya
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Willis, Rosalind
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Khambhaita, Priya
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Willis, Rosalind
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Khambhaita, Priya and Willis, Rosalind (2014) British-born second generation return migrants to India: caring responsibilities in a transnational context. British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2014, Southampton, United Kingdom. 31 Aug - 02 Sep 2014.

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Abstract

The Indian migrant population in Britain has aged-in-place, such that second and third
generation British Indians now make up a large proportion of this group. For instance, East
African-born Asians in England and Wales (including their British-born children) make up
around one-third of the Indian ethnic population in the United Kingdom. Research on the
topic of second generation ‘counter-diasporic migration’ is limited when compared to first
generation migration. The research presented in this paper provides academic evidence on
this particular flow of migrants. There is some anecdotal evidence to suggest that British
Indian counter-diasporic return migration is occurring.
It is the relationship between these British born migrants and their ancestral homeland that is
the subject of our research interest. This paper is a presentation of results from a pilot study
exploring caring responsibilities. That is, the approaches return migrants, particularly those in
the ‘sandwich’ generation that are expected to provide care for their children as well as
parents, are adopting to balance their responsibilities. With relatives living in India and the
UK, we explored how they envisage these responsibilities to change over coming years and
potential strategies for dealing with this. Results showed an emphasis on extended
families, the advantages of living in multi-generational households and evidence of chain
migration. This is in line with Jeremy Hunt’s advice to British families to follow the example
of people in Asia, by taking in elderly relatives once they can no longer live alone.

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e-pub ahead of print date: September 2014
Venue - Dates: British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference 2014, Southampton, United Kingdom, 2014-08-31 - 2014-09-02
Organisations: Faculty of Health Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 368618
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/368618
PURE UUID: 3a731bee-6389-4712-8eeb-224cff50d0f0
ORCID for Rosalind Willis: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6687-5799

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Date deposited: 17 Sep 2014 14:59
Last modified: 12 Dec 2021 03:49

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Author: Priya Khambhaita
Author: Rosalind Willis ORCID iD

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