http://repub.eur.nl/res/aut/19202/ List of Publications en http://repub.eur.nl/static-eur/img/logo.png http://repub.eur.nl http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/37159/ 2012-06-11T00:00:00Z It is equivocal whether the transnationalism of refugees differs significantly from that of labor and family migrants. On the basis of a strategic case study of Burundian refugees in The Netherlands we demonstrate that migration motives undeniably matter for transnationalism. Transnationalism is not self-evident for Burundians, as they are driven by a motive of flight. Moreover, transnationalism is not automatically oriented towards compatriots and manifests itself differently in The Netherlands than in Belgium. Therefore, we conclude that the study of refugees is an essential complement to the prevailing research on the transnationalism of settled labor and family migrant communities. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/16123/ 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Research on transnationalism is predominantly focused on well-established labor and family migrant communities. The question whether the transnationalism of these types of migrants differs significantly from those of asylum migrants has not received an unequivocal answer. We have studied the importance of the flight motive for the transnationalism of Burundian asylum seekers in the Netherlands. Transnational contacts and identification are not self-evident for the 18 Burundians questioned in our case study; they do not develop automatically with and via countrymen; and they take on a different form in the destination countries of the Netherlands and Belgium. These findings are inextricably connected to the ethnic and political conflicts that have induced respondents’ flight from Burundi. Hence, our study not only demonstrates that migration motives do indeed play an important role in relation to transnationalism, but also that the study of asylum migrants is an essential complement to the prevailing research on transnationalism of settled labor and family migrant communities. http://repub.eur.nl/res/pub/22698/ 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Het is omstreden of het migratiemotief van invloed is op de aard en mate van transnationalisme van asielzoekers. Aan de hand van een kwalitatief onderzoek onder Burundese asielzoekers laten we zien dat die invloed wel degelijk bestaat. De redenen van hun vlucht uit Burundi zorgen ervoor dat transnationalisme voor deze asielzoekers niet vanzelfsprekend is, niet automatisch betrekking heeft op landgenoten en anders uitpakt in Nederland en in België.