Diaspora

How it is used

The word first described the dispersal of Jewish communities and is now used for many groups, such as the Turkish diaspora in Germany or the Indian diaspora. Researchers study diaspora networks, remittances, return migration and transnational identities.

Example sentences

1. The Turkish diaspora in Germany grew after the labour recruitment agreement of 1961.

2. Social media helps diaspora communities follow events in their home countries.

Common collocations

• diaspora community
• the Turkish diaspora
• diaspora networks
• diasporic identity

Related terms

• migrationThe movement of people from one place to another to live, either within a country or across national borders, for reasons such as work, family, education or safety.
• identityA person's sense of who they are, shaped both by how they see themselves and by the social groups, such as nation, class, gender or religion, they belong to or are placed in.
• globalisationThe growing interconnection of the world's economies, cultures and populations through trade, investment, migration, travel, media and digital communication.
• assimilationThe process by which a minority or migrant group gradually adopts the culture, language and customs of the majority society and becomes less distinct from it.

More terms: Migration, Race and Ethnicity

• ethnicity
• race
• minority group
• discrimination
• stereotype
• multiculturalism