Social integration of international Chinese second generation of immigrants: research on the youth from 15 to 24 of Chinese immigrants in Lisbon, Portugal

• Autor(a) principal: Li, Lan
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/5184
• topic: Second generation of chinese immigrants; Culture identity; Family integration; School integration; Community integration; Imigrantes chineses de segunda geração; Identidade cultural; Integração familiar; Integração escolar; Integração na comunidade

Since the first group of immigrants from China arrival to Portugal, from 1950s on, more Chinese people came to work and live in this south European country. Under an in general flexible migration policy, Portugal becomes one of the springboards for immigrants entering EU. Migration is always a reflection of policy and economics, while concurrently affects the local society. Portugal has a long history of both emigration and immigration. Since immigrants are taking an important role in the hosting society, it is vital to pay attention to their living conditions. Second generation of immigrants is a group that grows up with the local’s. They are both contributors of supporting and creating future. In fact, this group in general is more vulnerable, with high risks and less care while growing up. My research chose the Chinese second generation of immigrants from 15 to 24 years old. Through Socialization and Social Integration theories, I am trying to find out their integration situations from three perspectives of family, school and community. The conclusions prove second generations of Chinese immigrants are mostly family-oriented, have a high drop-out rate and a high cognition of Chinese culture. Culture Identity highly manipulates the second generations’ practice in the three fields. Educational level limits their social development. The important findings are: Positive correlation between the social integration level of second generations’ and their parents’. The integration ability strongly represents their Family Social Capital competence. Besides, the local Chinese organizations play as the platform for second generations’ social participation and personal realization.