| Autor: |
Adams Osman, Prisca Ama Anima, Ayisha Mamuda, Michael Oppong, Richard Kofi Hato, Cobbinah Matthew |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Research in Globalization, Vol 5, Iss , Pp 100097- (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2590-051X |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.resglo.2022.100097 |
| Popis: |
Characteristics of remittance houses display the new financial and social status of migrants; hence, serve as a motivation for others to migrate abroad. However, this effect is highly general without specificity of how individual characteristics of remittance houses influence migration. This study hypotheses that different characteristics of remittance houses have different levels of influence on prospective migrants and their likelihood to use irregular migration routes. With the help of a structured questionnaire, the study interviewed 371 respondents in the Berekum Municipality (an out-migration hotspot in Ghana especially for persons using Sahara regions and the Strait of Gibraltar to Europe) on the external motivation of remittance houses, their desire to travel and the use of irregular routes. Locals perceived characteristics of remittance houses of migrants abroad (Mean [M] = 2.86, Standard deviation [SD] = 0.33) to be higher than non-migrants’ houses (M = 1.9, SD = 0.59) while they assigned similar scores for remittance houses of migrants in Africa (M = 2.58, SD = 0.47) and migrants in Ghana (M = 2.58, SD = 0.44). Furthermore, the exterior architecture of remittance houses (β = 0.33, p |
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