Keeping Strong Connections to the Homeland via Web-based Tools: The Case of Mexican Migrant Communities in the United States
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Migration is a worldwide phenomenon with strong implications for societies, national economies and cultural development. Countries such as US, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia are typical areas of immigration. Movement of people, mainly from underdeveloped to developed regions, has been increasing continuously since almost the mid of the twentieth century (Castles and Miller 2003). People migrate for numerous reasons such as labor search, political asylum, permanent settlement and education.
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