Family, Care, and Educational Migration among Uzbek Student-Parents in South Korea
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This article examines how Uzbek international student-parents in South Korea manage the overlapping demands of study, caregiving, and migration. Drawing on interviews and sustained engagement with several families, it analyses how visa restrictions, limited institutional support, and gendered expectations shape everyday routines and adaptation strategies. Four key themes emerge: financial insecurity, cultural adjustment, the tension between academic responsibilities and parenting, and the isolation of non-student spouses. The findings show that educational migration is a collective project sustained through care, compromise, and sacrifice. The study demonstrates how immigration policy, childcare systems, and academic norms create precarity while also enabling new forms of belonging within transnational households. Focusing on family life, it contributes to research on migration, education, and gender by revealing how international student families maintain care and belonging across borders.
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This article examines how Uzbek international student-parents in South Korea manage the overlapping demands of study, caregiving, and migration. Drawing on interviews and sustained engagement with several families, it analyses how visa restrictions, limited institutional support, and gendered expectations shape everyday routines and adaptation strategies. Four key themes emerge: financial insecurity, cultural adjustment, the tension between academic responsibilities and parenting, and the isolation of non-student spouses. The findings show that educational migration is a collective project sustained through care, compromise, and sacrifice. The study demonstrates how immigration policy, childcare systems, and academic norms create precarity while also enabling new forms of belonging within transnational households. Focusing on family life, it contributes to research on migration, education, and gender by revealing how international student families maintain care and belonging across borders.