Astronaut families and parachute children
Subtitle: the cycle of migration between Hong Kong and Australia
By: Rogelia Pe-Pua ... [et al.]
Publisher: Australian Govt. Pub. Service
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Canberra
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
Subjects: Chinese; Return migration; Emigration and immigration; Economic aspects; Social aspects; Statistics
Description: Examines immigration from Hong Kong to Australia in which one or more members of an immigrant family returns to Hong Kong for work or business purposes.The returnees are known as 'astronauts' and the children left are known as 'parachute children'. The study uses relevant statistics and interviews with sixty families in Sydney.
Notes: "Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research"

Cat.no. 9601376.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-77).