uw
negligible depression have been found among Irish migrants
and almost the opposite for Jews
Bagley and Binitie
(1970)
(Roberts and Myers,
1959).
recorded similar observations of trish
who returned home after a stay in the United States.
Mental health problems stemming from migration, whether
- voluntary or involuntary,
are variable
and individual to individual.
exists
(cf.
not firm,
Price and Sikes,
from group to group
No stable predictable pattern
1974
and Mangalem,
1968).
It's
but personal first hand reports indicate that
forced migrants tend to suffer more personal hardships and
accompanying emotional stress than voluntary migrants.
surrounding this issue is unclear, variable,
Data
and assuredly need
more substantiation.
Psychosocial issues associated with forced. movements of
cultural groups has been the subject of a great deal of
discussion by historians.
Analysis of the slave trade between
New World colonics and Africa during pre-revolutionary times
and maSs movements of Jews
from Germany and Russia during
following World War II
a few examples.
examples
abound.
are
One wonders,
generated from the mass of
however,
historical
if
and
Indeed numerous
the knowledge and issues
information on the subject
is taken seriously in the light of contemporary instances of
forced migration.
To
the point,
a number of brief
merit serious consideration,
deplorable consequences
scenarios
are provided that
particularly as they related to the
that have resulted
to groups
forced to
move because of overriding interests of dominant institutions.
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