Engagement Policies in Favour of Transnationalism: The Expansion of Transnational Citizenship Within Colombian Emigrants

Abstract

Communities of nationals living abroad are attracting the interest of sending countries, which are paying increasing attention to the way in which emigrants connect with their origin and the potential benefits of it. Focusing on the case of Colombia and analysing the initiatives under the Colombia Nos Une Program, this article examines the role that the proactive attitude of institutional actors is playing in the potential engagement of migrants with their country of origin and the creation of a transnational citizenship. Colombia, as a sending country, is looking at their emigrants in an attempt to take advantage of their economic and human capital in order to improve its development through networks of knowledge, entrepreneurship and socio-cultural initiative. An increasing knowledge of the way policies of origin are implemented and the impact they have on the migrants’ lives will give a more comprehensive framework to understand the effects of a transnational life and to conceptualize a transnational citizenship.

Health policies for international migrants: A comparison between Mexico and Colombia

“…Most of the Mexican documents express the migration and health policies defined at the beginning of the 2012–2018 administration, a time when the most notable change was an increase in return migration, while the number and characteristics of migrants in transit, immigrants, and asylum seekers remained relatively stable [ 20 ]. As sending countries, both Mexico and Colombia have developed emigration policies to engage with and support their diasporas [ 53 , 54 ], and the Mexican documents reflect this. Meanwhile, during the period covered in this study, Colombia experienced the arrival of more than a million Venezuelans in a very short time.…”

Encceja no exterior: Interações, complexidade e desafios de uma política pública intersetorial na dinâmica da emigração brasileira

“…Nas últimas décadas, houve um aumento de interesse dos países de envio de migrantes pelos seus cidadãos no exterior (Cohen, 2017;Ionescu, 2006). Esses países têm atentado sobre a perda de capital humano e social acarretada pela emigração (González-Rábago, 2015) e reconhecido a importância do aporte dos emigrantes para a sociedade de origem através do envio de remessas financeiras e de outras contribuições menos tangíveis, mas não menos importantes (Brum, 2017(Brum, , 2018a(Brum, , 2018b. Por exemplo, esse grupo da população pode criar empresas; estimular o turismo; transferir habilidades e conhecimentos; promover o debate político; fortalecer a sociedade civil; incentivar a educação (De Haas, 2006;Ionescu, 2006); e, fortalecer os vínculos políticos, culturais e afetivos entre seus países de origem e destino (Brum, 2017(Brum, , 2018a(Brum, , 2018b.…”

Insights from a cross-sectional binational study comparing obesity among Colombians in their home country and in the U.S.

“…In addition to the paucity of data in general, there are no obesity studies using a transnational perspective [6,34], comparing the nonimmigrant Colombian population in Colombia with their U.S. counterparts. To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the rst to compare the prevalence of obesity of Colombians immigrants residing in NYC and nonimmigrant Colombians residing in their home country, based on data from two population-based surveys.…”