%0 Journal Article
%T Migrant Workers in Rural Scotland: ¡°Going to the Middle of Nowhere¡±
%A Birgit Jentsch
%A Philomena de Lima
%A Brian MacDonald
%J International Journal of Multicultural Societies
%D 2007
%I 
%X This paper explores the under-researched area of internationalmigration and rural areas. It examines what the possible implicationsare of commonly cited ¡°identifiers of rural labour markets¡± for themigrant population. Moreover, recent trends in internationalmigration to the Highlands and Islands provide the context in whichresearch findings on employers¡¯ and migrant workers¡¯ experiences inthis region are presented. The paper concludes that substantialnumbers of migrant workers will remain a long-term feature of thisrural area. With appropriate interventions by the relevant authorities, rural communities may recognise the contributions by migrant workers more than those made by many ¡°life quality¡± internalmigrants in the past. However, issues of securing ¡°high-qualityemployment¡± are as pertinent for the migrant population as they arefor other rural community members, many of whom have left theircommunities to find employment elsewhere.
%K rural migration
%K international migration in Scotland
%K migration policies
%K labour migration
%K rural migrant workers
%U http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001538/153803E.pdf#page=93