Changing Statuses: Freedom of Movement, Locality and Transnationality of Irregular Romanian Migrants in Milan

Anghel, Remus Gabriel

doi:10.1080/13691830802106069

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“…Some studies focus on the mobility of EU citizens and place the issue within overall migration patterns (for example, Castles and Miller 2009;Acton 2010), while others pay attention to anti-discrimination and minority rights, or the gap between human rights and national social rights. In this research, certain groups have been of specific interest, such as migrants from Central and Eastern Europe (Favell 2008), Roma people (Guglielmo and Waters 2005;Anghel 2008), undocumented migrants (Björngren Cuadra 2012) and irregular migrants (Jandl 2007;Baldaccini 2009).…”

Section: Social Constructions Of Target Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

EU citizens begging and sleeping rough in Swedish Urban Areas: social work perspectives on problems and target groups

Ekendahl

Karlsson

Minas

2018

Nordic Social Work Research

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EU citizens from Central and Eastern Europe travelling to cities in other countries to make a better living have become an issue of major political concern across Europe. This study explores how professionals from Swedish municipal social service organizations in urban areas construct the phenomenon of poor visiting EU citizens. The impact of social constructions on the practice and design of policies makes it important to analyse how target groups, such as poor visiting EU citizens, are characterized and what normative assumptions are made about them. The study is theoretically based on Schneider and Ingram's work on 'Social Constructions of Target Populations'. Interviews with social workers in the three largest cities in Sweden were conducted. The results suggest a clear ambivalence among interviewees regarding how to conceptualize EU citizens. They were careful not to highlight any subgroups, instead defining the group as consisting of different individuals with varying needs. While the interviewees constructed members of the target group in a way similar to what Schneider and Ingram describe as dependents, they also attributed them with some agency. We conclude that this may be a reflection of the political and organizational setting in which social work with poor visiting EU citizens is conducted in Sweden.

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Section: Social Constructions Of Target Groupsmentioning

confidence: 99%

EU citizens begging and sleeping rough in Swedish Urban Areas: social work perspectives on problems and target groups

Ekendahl

Karlsson

Minas

2018

Nordic Social Work Research

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“…Indeed, during the research, the role of linguistic proximity (in the case of Italy and Spain) and of religion (Christian Orthodoxy in the case of Greece) were considered important factors when examining possible destination countries. Equally important, the development and establishment of Romanian migrant networks in Western Europe and Southern European countries are among the main contributing factors (see, among others, Sandu, 2005a;Gabriel Anghel, 2008;Elrick & Ciobanu, 2009;Potot, 2010;Ciobanu, 2015). The establishment of Romanian migrant networks was also facilitated by various policy changes over the last thirty years.…”

Section: Dynamics Of Romanian Mobilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Specifically, between 1992 and 2001 Romania signed bilateral agreements on labour recruitment and placement abroad with Germany (1992), Switzerland (1999), Hungary (2000, Spain (2002), Luxembourg (2001 and Portugal ( 2001) (Diminescu, 2005, p.65-67). In addition, the right granted to Romanians to move freely within the Schengen area in 2002 facilitated circular and seasonal migration patterns, particularly with southern European countries: Italy (Gabriel Anghel, 2008;Ban, 2012), Spain (Elrick & Ciobanu, 2009), Portugal (Ciobanu, 2015) and Greece (Papadopoulos & Fratsea, 2017;Fratsea & Papadopoulos, 2020). Opportunities for acquiring legal work and residence permits offered up by the regularization programs implemented in southern European countries also impacted on the mobility patterns of Romanian migrants.…”

Section: Dynamics Of Romanian Mobilitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

The unwritten ‘laws of migration’: reflections on inequalities, aspirations and cultures of migration

Fratsea

2019

Eur. XXI

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Ever since Ravenstein’s work on the “Laws of Migration”, the determinants/drivers of migration--that is, the question: ‘Why do people migrate?’ – has been at the heart of migration studies. The exploration of migration/mobility processes also emphasizes the ways that migrants decide to leave and embark on their journey and how migratory practices may orient and motivate the (im)mobility decisions and aspirations of other migrant actors, establishing various ‘cultures of migration’ and creating new ‘imaginaries of mobility’ that shape future movements. The paper aims to explore the changing aspirations of migration that influence the migration decision-making of Romanian migrants and the way these are shaped by micro, meso and structural factors in both sending and receiving countries.

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“…In this regard, the case of Romanian immigrants from Bors , a (north of Romania) living in Milano is emblematic [36]. In the same way, the scholars Tim Elrick and Oana Ciobanu have another inportant contribution towards the understanding of Romanian migration network.…”

Section: Conceptual Basis For Analyzing the Migration Routes Existingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Channels to West: Exploring the Migration Routes between Romania and France

2017

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Abstract:The integration of East European Countries in European Union has long-term consequences, with migration being one of the main social effects of this process. From an economic perspective, the research on migration has attracted considerable attention, whereas the analyses focused on the social networks are more scarce. The importance of these social networks becomes more substantial due to their quality and ability to reduce costs, risks of movement and uncertainty. Although the migratory networks are known at national levels, there are very few data related to the territorial distribution of migration network between origin and destination areas. In this context, Romania registered the highest level of emigration toward Western European countries, and this case study offers illustrative insights for the broader literature. In order to illustrate the territorial distribution of migrants' network between Romania and France, we used an exhaustive analysis of the trajectories of all clients who used one of the largest transport companies operating between Romania and France (8094 cases). Using the benefits of this evidence-based approach, we identified the regions and the Romanian towns most affected by the migration phenomenon. Complementary, we illustrated the territorial distribution and the preferred destination regions in France for the Romanian immigrants. We present the migration networks that exist between the towns of the two countries and identify the intensity of each migration circuit.

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Changing Statuses: Freedom of Movement, Locality and Transnationality of Irregular Romanian Migrants in Milan

Cited by 40 publications

References 17 publications

EU citizens begging and sleeping rough in Swedish Urban Areas: social work perspectives on problems and target groups

EU citizens begging and sleeping rough in Swedish Urban Areas: social work perspectives on problems and target groups

The unwritten ‘laws of migration’: reflections on inequalities, aspirations and cultures of migration

Channels to West: Exploring the Migration Routes between Romania and France

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