“Spain is my home”: mobility in the Romanian diaspora

Over the three decades that have passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union and the eastern bloc, the Romanian community has been the most mobile in the EU, and became the largest in Spain in 2012. Although the crisis that began in 2008 forced some to return to Romania, or to move to other Europea...

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Main Author: Adriana Șuiu
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) 2019-12-01
Series:Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración
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Online Access:https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOBInmigracion/article/view/360998/455835
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description Over the three decades that have passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union and the eastern bloc, the Romanian community has been the most mobile in the EU, and became the largest in Spain in 2012. Although the crisis that began in 2008 forced some to return to Romania, or to move to other European countries, many have since returned to the peninsula. What are the mobility pathways of Romanians before, during and after the crisis, and why do some return to Spain? To answer this question, an analysis was made of the different types of mobility strategies for escaping the crisis and of Facebook groups, as well as fieldwork including life story interviews and follow-up. The result raises the concept of “return mobility” and shows why many Romanians say “Spain is my home”
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spelling doaj.art-dbcf8385a9404f9b94c2e065348949292022-12-22T00:05:03ZspaBarcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB)Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración2462-67322462-67402019-12-01201927429810.24241/AnuarioCIDOBInmi.2019.274“Spain is my home”: mobility in the Romanian diasporaAdriana Șuiu0Investigadora posdoctoral, Universitatea de Vest, Timișoara (Rumanía)Over the three decades that have passed since the breakup of the Soviet Union and the eastern bloc, the Romanian community has been the most mobile in the EU, and became the largest in Spain in 2012. Although the crisis that began in 2008 forced some to return to Romania, or to move to other European countries, many have since returned to the peninsula. What are the mobility pathways of Romanians before, during and after the crisis, and why do some return to Spain? To answer this question, an analysis was made of the different types of mobility strategies for escaping the crisis and of Facebook groups, as well as fieldwork including life story interviews and follow-up. The result raises the concept of “return mobility” and shows why many Romanians say “Spain is my home”https://www.raco.cat/index.php/AnuarioCIDOBInmigracion/article/view/360998/455835spainromaniaromanian immigrationreturn mobilitystrategiescrisisfacebook
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romanian immigration
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title “Spain is my home”: mobility in the Romanian diaspora
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romania
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return mobility
strategies
crisis
facebook
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