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Title:Slow awakening? The Ethiopian diaspora in the Netherlands, 1977-2007
Author:Abbink, JanISNI
Year:2006
Periodical:Diaspora: a journal of transnational studies (ISSN 1044-2057)
Volume:15
Issue:2-3
Pages:361-380
Language:English
Geographic term:Netherlands
Subjects:diasporas
Ethiopians
External link:https://muse.jhu.edu/article/422123
Abstract:This essay offers a preliminary account of the development of the Ethiopian diaspora in the Netherlands, charting the process of community formation among Ethiopian immigrants posited within a five-phase diaspora developmental model (DDM) that has theoretical applicability to a wide array of migrant groups. The discussion traces the various stages in the emergence of the Ethiopian community in the Netherlands, suggesting that by 2007, the community had reached stage 4 of the DDM, a juncture at which people abandon plans to return to their homeland and invest in lives in the host country. The important transition to stage 4 was achieved as a result of the dual impact of a new Dutch law giving most Ethiopians resident status, and of initiatives connected to the widespread celebration of the Ethiopian Millennium on 11 September 2007. The essay ends with a consideration of how the Ethiopian community in the Netherlands is likely to develop and what the prospects are for creative opportunities, given the small size of the community and the restrictive social and institutional environment in Dutch society. Bibliogr., notes, sum. [Journal abstract]
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