Rethinking Migration and Return in Southeastern Europe Albanian Mobilities to and from Italy and Greece

• Main Authors: Gemi, Eda, Triandafyllidou, Anna
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2021; Taylor and Francis; No Funder Information Available; Taylor & Francis
• Edition: 1
• Series: Routledge Research on the Global Politics of Migration
• Subjects: Albania; Albanian Citizens; Albanian Migrants; Albanian mobilities; Circular Migration; Circular Mobility; Cultural and media studies; Cultural studies; Destination Countries; Development studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Emigration & Immigration; Ethnic studies; European; European Studies; EU’s Neighbourhood; Geography; Greece; Greek Citizenship; Human geography; Interdisciplinary studies; International institutions; International relations; Italy; Law; Long Term Residence Permits; Main Destination Countries; Meso Factors; Meso Level Factors; Migration; Migration System; Migration, immigration and emigration; Mobility; Onward Migration; Past Migration Experience; Political Science; Politics and government; Population Geography; Previous Migration Experience; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Regional / International studies; Reintegration Challenges; Remigration; Return Migration; Social and ethical issues; Social groups, communities and identities; Social Science; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Southeastern Europe; Temporary Return; Transnational Mobility; World; Albanian Migrants; Long Term Residence Permits; Meso Factors; Destination Countries; Circular Migration; Albanian Economy; Circular Mobility; Migration Cycle; Meso Level Factors; Greek Citizenship; Onward Migration; Past Migration Experience; Temporary Return; Reintegration Challenges; Mobility Dynamics; Main Destination Countries; EU’s Neighbourhood; Albanian Citizens; Albania; Successful Reintegration; Previous Migration Experience; Balkans Migration; Migration System; Return Migration; Transnational Mobility
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429344343
• ISBN: 0367361787; 9780367758509; 9780367361785; 0367758504; 9780429344343; 9781000375633; 9781000375671; 1000375633; 1000375676; 0429344341

This book provides an important new analytical framework for making sense of return, remigration and circular mobility, conceptualising them as different phases of a wider migration process. Using an in-depth case study of Albania and its two main destination countries, Italy and Greece, the book demonstrates that instead of being viewed as a linear path between origin and destination, migration should be seen as a segmented, or cyclical pattern that may involve several localities and more than two countries. Characterised by important previous historical, social, economic and political linkages, geographical proximity but also high migration volatility and sustained flows in either directions, Albanian migration to Italy and Greece offers an optimal case study for analysing complex return, reintegration and mobility processes. While interesting as a unique regional migration system, the lessons learned cast light on important migration and mobility dynamics that are relevant for labour migration in Europe, also from other important migrant origin countries in the EU’s neighbourhood such as for instance Morocco or the Ukraine. This rich theoretical and empirical study will be of interest to researchers within European Studies and Migration Studies, as well as providing a useful contribution to policy debates on how to govern return migration, reintegration and circular migration. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780429344343, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.