title: Small island environments and international migration:  the Caribbean.
abstract: "Societies of small islands develop either a sense of self-sufficiency or a sense of the need to establish linkages and expand their limited space.  Migration, and through this, the establishment of transnational communities, has been the chief way in which Caribbean people have been able to incorporate other places and extend their environments of opportunity beyond the physical limitations and societal constraints of their small islands."
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Thomas-hope
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D017691:Caribbean Region; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics
keywords: Americas; Caribbean; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; International Migration; Migration; North America; Population; Population Dynamics