Von „Gang-Kriminellen“ und „,Hausnegern“. Jugendkriminalitäit und Generationenkonflikte innerhalb der haitianischen Migrantengemeinschaft Montreals.

In recent years, and particularly since 9/11/2001, more and more delinquent Haitian youth have been deported from Canada back to Haiti. In this paper I analyze the generation-specific reactions and statements within the Haitian migrant community in Montreal, Canada. Elder migrants perceive of the deportation as a threat to their home country and as an assault upon their personal migration projects. For the younger generation, in contrast, the issue is rather one of negotiating ones role within the migrant community and of coming to terms with their own life prospects in Canada. Both kinds of reactions become comprehensible if set in relation to one another. Furthermore, this article suggests to examine present-day state regulative practices such as deportations not only in relation to the receiving states, but to also include the consequences for the diaspora communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]