1. Graeme Simpson & Sue Lawrence 2011 Experience of older migrants Race and class in a different perspective?

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3. Graeme Simpson & Sue Lawrence 2011 Affluent Retirement Migrants Movement from northern to southern Europe (i.e. to a warmer country) 5.5 million people from the UK live permanently overseas Ex-pat English communities on the Costa del Sol have many “frail elderly” 820,000 UK elders who receive their state pension overseas (they move to be near family)

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5. Graeme Simpson & Sue Lawrence 2011 Labour Migrants who have reached Old Age. 1950s to 1970s migration overseas to find work Low skilled, low paid work Lifetime of disadvantage: poor housing; healthcare & racism Socially excluded and disadvantaged throughout Europe: pioneers who have “aged in place”

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7. Graeme Simpson & Sue Lawrence 2011 Return Migrants Labour migrants who want to return home Usually after paid employment has ceased International Social Services can offer advice and assistance www.iss-ssi.org - International Social Servicewww.iss-ssi.org

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9. Graeme Simpson & Sue Lawrence 2011 Migration through Necessity Many people flee wars and famine, natural disasters or genocide Different cultural groups articulate Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in different ways (Lyons et al, 2006)

10. Graeme Simpson & Sue Lawrence 2011 Bibliography Lawrence, S. Lyons, K. Simpson, G. & Huegler, N. (2009) Introducing International Social Work. Exeter: learning Matters. Lyons, K, Manion, C, and Carlsen, M. (2006) International Perspectives of Social Work. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Torres, S (2006) Making sense of the construct of successful ageing, in Daatland, S and Biggs, S (eds) Ageing and diversity. Bristol: Policy Press. Warnes, A.M. and Williams, A. (2006) Older Migrants in Europe: Experiences, Exclusion and Constructive Accommodation Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 32 (8) 1257-1281 Warnes, T. (2006) ‘Older foreign migrants in Europe: multiple pathways and welfare positions’ in Daatland, S. and Biggs, S. Ageing and Diversity. Bristol: Policy Press.