“The Changing Face of Pakistani Migration to the United Kingdom”
Volume 15:1-2, p. 15 (2017)
by Renee Reichl Luthra and Lucinda Platt
ABSTRACT: This article brings together a range of data sources to chart cohort change in the human capital characteristics of Pakistani immigrants to the United Kingdom over the last fifty years. We demonstrate how restrictions on labor migration and family reunification have transformed characteristics of new arrivals while still maintaining some elements of chain migration patterns. Despite these changes, we note substantial consistency in the sociocultural characteristics of Pakistani-origin U.K. residents across cohorts, specifically in identity, religiosity, and social networks. We reflect on the implications of these patterns of change and continuity.
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Renee Reichl Luthra and Lucinda Platt (2017) The Changing Face of Pakistani Migration to the United Kingdom. AAPI Nexus: Policy, Practice and Community: 2017, Vol. 15, No. 1-2, pp. 15-56.