Ivan Petkovich: A Migrant's Family Network

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52670 Self and Society: Essay. Eva Kolokotsas 25253446 Due: 26/05/2024 Length: 80 words /. A migrant’s family network significantly influences and encourages their decision to emigrate, providing crucial support in the integration and assimilation processes in their host country. In this way, family connections are indispensable in providing social and economic opportunities through cultural adaptation. This is largely evident in the migration experience of my grandfather Ivan Petkovich, who was born in Blato in 1936, a small town on the island of Korula in former Yugoslavia. After being orphaned by the end of WWII, Ivan was transferred across Croatia throughout the Communist state’s orphanage system until …show more content…

This is supported by Massey’s “cumulative causation” theory, where previous migrants assist newer migrants, to overcome barriers to migration and social integration (Paredes-Orozco, 2019). This is evident when a local Croatian English-speaking daughter acted as a translator to identify employment opportunities for Ivan in the local paper and tell him he received the job he was seeking (I. Petkovich, personal communication, April 25, 2024). It is significant that families and those in a close-knit diaspora typically work together to help each other survive and succeed, a feature that encourages further …show more content…

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