The changing characteristics and the maturity of Albanian emigration to Greece

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ID21208241
AuthorsChristos Nikas (0000-0002-9456-7838, University of Western Macedonia, corresponding author), Dimitrios Aspasios (University of Western Macedonia, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume13
Issue3
Pages287-301
Publication date2011-09-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1944-8953 • E-ISSN: 1944-8961
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19448953.2011.593336
OpenAlexW2046684724
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This paper examines the ‘maturing’ process of the large-scale Albanian migration to Greece. Various typologies of migration and settlement are derived from the general migration literature, including the three-fold typology of labour migration: permanent settlement, temporary emigration, and seasonal cross-border moves. Greece has a particular migratory profile – moving from mass emigration to mass immigration – like other Southern European countries, but also different from the others in the dominance of one nationality, Albanians. The empirical part of the paper compares two surveys, taken in 2005 and 2008, to demonstrate evidence of a maturing process, with migrants staying longer, improving their income and employment conditions, and becoming increasingly oriented to permanent settlement rather than return. Policy implications of this transition are discussed in the conclusion

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