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Somali Transnational Activism and Integration in the UK: Mutually Supporting Strategies

Hammond, Laura

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Abstract

This paper considers the simultaneous processes of transnational activism and integration amongst Somalis living in the UK. It argues that, rather than challenging integration, diasporic Somalis’ involvement in transnational activism may actually support integration, and vice versa. Transnational engagement fulfils a range of functions that relate not only to the country of origin, but also to community formation in the UK. Such practices may, in some cases, promote integration while, in others, they create a space in which those who experience difficulty integrating can still forge meaningful relations both in the country of settlement and with the dispersed transnational Somali community. In the context of the 2011 famine in Somalia, Somali community activism in the UK rose to new heights, helping to reinforce the integration transnational activism relationship.

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Hammond, L. (2013). Somali Transnational Activism and Integration in the UK: Mutually Supporting Strategies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 39(6), 1001-1017. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.765666

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Feb 1, 2013
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2015
Publicly Available Date Feb 2, 2113
Journal Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Print ISSN 1369-183X
Electronic ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 39
Issue 6
Pages 1001-1017
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2013.765666