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Is Aotearoa/New Zealand The Right Choice?. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, May 2009, Pages: 436
The book presents an empirically grounded
reconstruction of the migration process – emigration
and immigration - of contemporary German migrants
from their own perspective. In an inspiring story,
the authors show how migrants developed their dream
to migrate, how they enlivened this dream, and how
they started their new life. The story also gives
insights into the various challenges migrants faced
as they realised their dream, the benefits they
gained, and how they chose the path most conducive
for the fulfilment of their future dreams. Throughout
the story, the psychological and social factors that
contribute to health/well-being or to distress, and
that influence the decision whether to stay in New
Zealand or to return to Germany, are made explicit.
Although the migration process is exemplified by the
experiences of German migrants to New Zealand, the
book will also provide a valuable resource for people
who intend to migrate or have already migrated from
Western countries to New Zealand or Australia. Family
members or friends of migrants, migration advisory
agencies, counsellors, policy makers, migration
researchers and qualitative researchers may find this
book of value too.
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