Full Description
International students are often engaged not just in education, but in high stakes towards gaining permanent migration status. This book unpacks the consequences of this education-migration nexus, analyzing migration policies and providing a vivid picture of student-migrants' lived experiences.
Contents
1. Introduction 2. The Education-Migration Nexus: Global Flows 3. The Nexus and its Discontents: an Australian Perspective 4. Shaping the Student-Migrant Experience 5. Permanent Residency as 'The Holy Grail' 6. Acquiring and Practising Citizenship 7. Negotiating Border Crossing Lives Conclusion: Precarious Transnationals and the Settler Nation
