The Sojourner

International Migration and Settlement Patterns

Abstract

Global migration has been prompted by the advancement of international transport systems and communication. In terms of foreigners' settlement issues, a study of migration has generally examined adjustment patterns of new settlers to the host societies relating to the characteristic of ethnicity. Additionally, a study of international labor migration has prevailed in ascertaining the mechanisms of trans-national population movement en masse with no consideration of sojourners. The objective of this paper is to delineate the concept of the sojourner, incorporating features of the nature of contemporary human mobilization and settlement, in response to the increasing significance of the effects of sojourning residents, who contrast with the immigrants as a permanent settler, on the host communities.