Hi Richard!
I am new at the list and trying to figure out who, what, where and how
of the list,
so excuse my question if inadequate.
I see on your webpage GAY MIGRATION that you focus on specific countries
and I am curious if there is practical reasoning for not following up on other
former Yugoslav republics aside from Serbia?
Best Zeljko
On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 14:51, Richard C M Mole <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear all
>
> My name is Richard Mole and I am a researcher working at UCL in the UK. I
> am currently conducting a research project on migration by LGBT
> individuals from five CEE states (Latvia, Poland, Romania, Russia and
> Serbia) to London or Berlin. If you are originally from one of these
> states and have migrated to London or Berlin, could I ask you please to
> take 10 minutes to complete a questionnaire that you will find on this
> website:
>
> www.ucl.ac.uk/gay-migration/
>
> If you could recommend any other channels through which I could advertise
> the questionnaire, I'd be very grateful if you could let me know. The aims
> of the project are summarised below.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Richard Mole
>
> _____________________
> Dr Richard C. M. Mole
> Senior Lecturer in Political Sociology
> School of Slavonic and East European Studies
> University College London, Gower Street
> London WC1E 6BT
>
>
> GAY MIGRATION TO LONDON AND BERLIN
> The aim of the project is to understand the experience of LGBT individuals
> from Latin America or five Central and East European states (Latvia,
> Poland, Romania, Russia or Serbia) who have migrated to Berlin or London.
> I want to find out whether LGBT migrants enjoy specific advantages or face
> specific disadvantages compared with heterosexual migrants in obtaining
> visas or residence permits for themselves and/or their partners, finding
> work, accessing social welfare, feeling integrated in German/UK society,
> maintaining their cultural identity.
>
> Before or after moving to a new country, migrants often make contact with
> members of their own national group who are already living there. New
> migrants may contact extended family members, friends of friends, cultural
> centres, Saturday schools, churches, etc., in order to receive assistance
> in getting into the country, finding accommodation or employment or
> maintaining their national culture and identity. I therefore want to find
> out whether LGBT migrants also make use of these national networks or
> whether they find alternative sources of support – perhaps from the LGBT
> community.
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