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Onward migration from Spain to London in times of crisis

The Importance of Life-Course Junctures in Secondary Migrations

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ID3606871
AuthorsCristina Ramos (0000-0003-1338-3584, University of Florida, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume44
Issue11
Pages1841-1857
Publication date2018-08-18
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNew Community (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-9586 • E-ISSN: 1469-9451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1369183x.2017.1368372
OpenAlexW2746675739
LanguageEN
Citations received67
References cited27

This study examines one response of migrants to the challenging economic conditions caused by the 2008 financial crisis in Spain: onward migration. Focusing on Colombians and Ecuadorians who mobilise their newly acquired Spanish citizenship to migrate to London, I argue that their new migration is part of their migratory careers and that this process is different from that of Spain-born emigrants because it is marked by the first socioeconomic incorporation. Acknowledging that the crisis is the main driver of this new move, I draw a typology based on life-course junctures to show the differences in how onward migrants understand this new move and what their expectations are. There are three broad types of onward migrants: (1) mature, reluctant migrants, (2) mid-life, career advancement migrants and (3) young, independence-seeking migrants. What they do have in common is that, through their first migration, they have acquired a certain migratory knowledge of the process that shapes their paths and expectations

Citizenship · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Emigration · Geography · Life course approach · Political science · Politics · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Typology · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology

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