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A migration industry for skilled migrants: the case of relocation services

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  • Florian Tissot

    (Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies (SFM), Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland)

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The aim of this article is to clarify the role of the organisations that support skilled migrants after a relocation, using the analytical concept of migration industry. The concept is used as a tool to explore the gap between the macro and the micro levels and by that stresses the crucial meso-level when it comes to conceptualizing (skilled) migration. I use 30 semi-directive interviews with skilled migrants and six interviews with key informants in the migration industry as a basis for the analysis, leading me to distinguish three main services at the heart of this industry. Each service is covered by distinct private actors: the basic needs of the family by relocation offices, the education of the children by international schools, and the careers of the partner by outplacement agencies.

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  • Florian Tissot, 2018. "A migration industry for skilled migrants: the case of relocation services," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 15(4), pages 545-559, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:15:y:2018:i:4:p:545-559
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    1. Micheline Riemsdijk & Scott Basford, 2022. "Integration of Highly Skilled Migrants in the Workplace: a Multi-level Framework," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 23(2), pages 633-654, June.

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