A Critical Examination of International Education Mobility Regimes: Comparative Insights from Vietnamese Students inRegimes: Comparative Insights from Vietnamese Students in Canada, France, and the United KingdomCanada, France, and the United Kingdom

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Author(s) / editor(s):
Anne-Cécile Delaissea , Suzanne Huota , Tamsin Barberb

Year: 2026

Keywords: International students, regimes of mobility, neoliberal international education, Vietnamese students, Canada, France, United Kingdom, inequality, return migration
Language(s): English

Abstract:
This paper analyses how Vietnamese international students navigate differing ‘regimes of mobility’ in Canada, France and the UK within a neoliberal, marketised international education context. Drawing on Manderscheid’s critique of mobility and 25 qualitative interviews, it shows how these regimes shape destination choice, legal status and post‑graduation plans, perpetuate inequalities and prioritise host-country economic interests rather than a “triple win,” and argues that return migration can be an agentive strategy to contest Western mobility regimes.

https://doi.org/10.64899/2151-0407.1902

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