Abstract

Using the example of European Somalis moving to Kenya, this article argues that although these middle class return migrants share many similarities, they also differ in significant ways. Focusing on economically independent migrants, this paper will show that their move to Kenya is both return and onward migration at the same time. The transnational socio-economic positioning of Somali returnees in Kenya, this article demonstrates, rests on the importance of legal capital for enabling transnational mobility, which in turn is relevant for the convertibility of capital in the various local settings in which migrants settle.

中文翻译：

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“在非洲做生意比在欧洲做生意要好” –前往肯尼亚的具有商业头脑的欧洲索马里人在社会经济中的地位

摘要

本文以欧洲索马里人移居肯尼亚为例，认为尽管这些中产阶级返回的移民有很多相似之处，但他们之间也有很大的不同。本文着眼于经济上独立的移民，将表明他们移居肯尼亚既是回返又是向前移民。本文证明，肯尼亚索马里回返者的跨国社会经济定位取决于合法资本对实现跨国流动的重要性，而这又与移民在各个地方定居的资本可兑换性有关。