Abstract—The aim of this paper is to explore some of the
cultural factors that have an impact upon settlement when
forced to leave the place that is called ‘home’ to establish a new
‘home’ in a foreign country. The term ‘diaspora’ is difficult to
define; it begs the question about origin, where people came
from, from the past into the present and into a culture they are
forced into. Terms are often intermingled ‘exile’ foreigner’
migrant’ ‘refugee’ ‘immigrant’ are all used by the media, and
can be misleading and have negative connotations on how the
host country perceives the new arrivals. This paper is an ongoing
piece of research and therefore draws no conclusions,
but instead seeks to examine the key factors that make
resettlement difficult for refuges and asylum seekers moving to
the UK.
Index Terms—Cultural factors, diaspora, migration,
resettlement, UK.
Joanne Money is with University of Sunderland, UK (e-mail:
joannedunne21@hotmail.com).
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Cite:Joanne Money, "Cultural Diaspora: Difference and Belonging: Accounts of
Forced Migration in the UK," International Journal of Social Science and Humanity vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 485-487, 2013.