Astronaut families and parachute children

the cycle of migration between Hong Kong and Australia

Astronaut families and parachute children
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Astronaut families and parachute children

the cycle of migration between Hong Kong and Australia

Examines immigration from Hong Kong to Australia in which one or more members of an immigrant family returns to Hong Kong for work or business purposes.The returnees are known as 'astronauts' and the children left are known as 'parachute children'. The study uses relevant statistics and interviews with sixty families in Sydney.

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Language
English
Pages
77

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Edition Notes

"Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research"

Cat.no. 9601376.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-77).

Published in
Canberra

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
304.89405125
Library of Congress
JV9118.H6 A78 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 77 p.
Number of pages
77

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL61168186M
ISBN 10
0644459018
OCLC/WorldCat
38395989

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL44805597W

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