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2017 ; 60
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Political motivations for intra-European migration
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Bygnes S
; Flipo A
Acta Sociol
2017[Aug]; 60
(3
): 199-212
PMID28751786
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Motivations for migrating within the European Union have mainly been attributed
to economic, career and lifestyle choices. This article suggests that political
dissatisfaction is also an important motivator of recent intra-European
migration. In our analysis of in-depth interviews with Romanian migrants in Spain
and with Spanish migrants in Norway, we found a common emphasis on the political
dimensions of their decision to migrate. In the interviews, the economic
component of migration was often related to bad governance and negative
perceptions of the state. The similarities of Spanish and Romanian migration
narratives are especially striking because Spain and Romania represent
substantially different migratory, political and economic contexts. However,
migration is more obviously intertwined with conventional acts of political
protest in the Spanish case. We suggest that differences in democratic contexts
are pivotal in people's reactions to and framing of their deep dissatisfaction
with domestic politics, as found in many European countries today.