| Abstract [eng] |
The dissertation seeks to comprehensively reveal the particular features of the beginning of Chinese and Turkish immigration (in the country of origin) and ending with the formation of migration networks (in the country of destination), which covers Chinese and Turkish social relations, their participation in the labour market, access to housing, education and social welfare. Finally, attitudes of the Chinese and Turkish immigrants towards long-term residency in Lithuania and acquisition of Lithuanian citizenship are analysed. The dissertation presents the newest statistical data about immigration dynamics and the dominant immigration structure in Lithuania. It also presents empirical data about internal and external social and economic ties, individual and collective experience of the Turkish and Chinese immigrants. The data is presented in the context of immigration policies that are emerging in Lithuania. The Chinese and Turkish immigration is analysed according to the “new” (international) migration perspective, which allows revealing the initial factors for immigration, the preconditions for forming migration networks and the influence of the emergent networks on the motives for migration of the immigrant groups analysed. |
