ABSTRACT

Immigration in the Circumpolar North: Integration and Resilience explores interconnected issues of integration and resilience among both immigrants and host communities in the Arctic region. It examines the factors that inhibit or enable the success of immigrants to the Arctic and the role of territoriality in the process of integration.

This book showcases a variety of perspectives on circumpolar immigration, and includes insights from eight Arctic countries as well as thirteen ‘observer countries’ such as China, India, Singapore, Poland, Germany, France and Japan. It considers the solidarities and engagements of indigenous and other local peoples with the new coming immigrants and refugees, and the impact of immigration on the economic and societal life in the Circumpolar Arctic.

The book will be of interest to researchers, teachers, professors, policymakers and others interested in migration issues, Arctic issues, international relations, law, and economic integration.

part I|10 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|9 pages

Introduction

Migration and ethnic challenges for the Circumpolar North

part II|62 pages

Youth perspectivein the Arctic

chapter 2|18 pages

The impact of superdiversity on the educational system

A mirror image of utopia or dystopia?

chapter 4|17 pages

Immigrant youth perspectives

Understanding challenges and opportunities in Finnish Lapland

part III|52 pages

Family and diversity challenges

part IV|35 pages

Human rights and indigenous communities in the Arctic

chapter 8|19 pages

Embodying transience

Indigenous former youth in care and residential instability in Yukon, Canada

part V|32 pages

Migration and development issues in the Arctic