Mobility, return for development and sense of Europe: narratives of Moldavian immigrants returning from the European Union

The article links migration, cross-border mobility and return for development embedded in terms of identity and approach to sense of Europe. Taking into account the global changes in Moldova, the paper examines the perceptions of mobility, return and identity of the Moldovans engaged in emigration i...

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Main Author: Silvia Marcu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios
Series:REMHU: Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-85852013000200005&lng=en&tlng=en
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Summary:The article links migration, cross-border mobility and return for development embedded in terms of identity and approach to sense of Europe. Taking into account the global changes in Moldova, the paper examines the perceptions of mobility, return and identity of the Moldovans engaged in emigration in the countries of the European Union (EU). Utilising a multi-discipline approach and an in-depth qualitative interview technique, this article seeks to analyze how mobility and return can support social change and development of the country, and argues that people, who cross EU borders, living through the experience of emigration, acquire a pro-European mentality.
ISSN:1980-8585
2237-9843