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Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding Indigenous Migration

Document number
1801
Date
2008
Title
Indigenous Routes: A Framework for Understanding Indigenous Migration
Author/publisher
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
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Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
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Summary
This paper seeks to establish that indigenous peoples are a dynamic element of modern and centuries-old movements of peoples, raising questions for policymakers, indigenous activists and researchers alike. Why is indigenous migration important? How is indigenous migration changing indigenous cultures? Do they lose their identities as indigenous peoples when they leave their traditional lands? And how can we analyse indigenous migration according to existing categories of migration? An emerging literature on the migration of indigenous peoples has begun to supply some answers. Anthropologists, historians and economists have published an increasing number of articles and books over the past 15 years, using diverse questions and methods. However, official data on the migration of indigenous peoples as well as policies to aid indigenous migrant communities remain limited
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