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Title
Free movement? The onward migration of EU citizens born in Somalia, Iran and Nigeria |
Full text
http://dspace.library.uu.nl:8080/handle/1874/329245 |
Date
2016 |
Author(s)
Ahrens, J.; Kelly, M.; van Liempt, I. |
Abstract
Research into the mobility of European Union (EU) citizens has contributed to a better understanding of the social effects of European integration. A growing body of literature highlights that naturalised third-country nationals are also making use of their 'freedom of movement'. This paper proposes a typology of 'new EU citizens' who onward migrate between member states. It draws on relevant statistics and qualitative empirical research carried out with Dutch-Somalis, Swedish-Iranians, and German-Nigerians who relocated to the UK. In contrast to research with native-born EU movers, our findings indicate that the majority of naturalised EU citizens onward migrated as a result of the discrimination and racism they experienced in their previous place of residence. In this paper, we conceptualise the interactions of integration and transnationalism as a potential trigger for onward migration. We illustrate how onward migrants are able to complete certain aspects of their integration process in a second member state. Moreover, we show how migrants maintain transnational ties across several destinations and therefore contribute to a broader understanding of transnationalism. |
Subject(s)
EU citizenship; integration; onward migration; racism; third-country nationals; transnationalism |
Language
en |
Relation
1544-8452 |
Type of publication
Article |
Format
text/plain |
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/ClosedAccess |
Identifier
Population, Space and Place 22(1), 84- (2016) |
Repository
Utrecht - University of Utrecht
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