Acquisition of Nationality as Migration Policy

Domingo, Andreu; Ortega-Rivera, Enrique

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-12361-5_2

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“…Obtaining the citizenship of the destination country can also be seen as a strategy to build integration by securing residence, widening the social and economic rights 11 and facilitating eventual future mobility(ies) (Domingo and Ortega-Rivera 2015;Ponzo et al 2015;Graeber 2016;Finotelli and Ponzo 2018). In Portugal, the change in the nationality law in 2006, 12 reducing the minimum length of residence time needed for citizenship application and slightly reinforcing the jus soli regime, led to a notorious increase in the number of citizenship requests.…”

Section: Immigrants' Responses To Recession: In Situ Strategies and Mmentioning

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Labour market integration of immigrants in Portugal in times of austerity: resilience,in situresponses and re-emigration

Esteves

Fonseca

Malheiros

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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The austerity regime implemented in Portugal to face the financial and economic crisis caused readjustments in the country's productive structure and labour market with an impact on immigrants' lifeworlds. This article aims at analysing the consequences of the crisis in the lives of third-country nationals living in Portugal, reflecting particularly on the impact on their integration process, understood as economic incorporation, in a context of increasing work precariousness. Special attention will be given to the resilience of immigrants visible in their responses to the labour market constraints, namely through their choices of geographic (im)mobility and also the implementation of strategies to 'normalise' their lives. Starting with a brief reference to the meaning of integration in Portugal in a context of crisis, we draw on data from two research projects, arguing that despite the increased hardship, the resilience of foreign workers is considerable and they still think it is worth coming to Portugal. The strategies adopted may be either in situ or implying onward migration, resulting from the combination of context opportunities and individual agency. Factors like legal status, education and having relatives abroad play a moderate role in this process.

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Section: Immigrants' Responses To Recession: In Situ Strategies and Mmentioning

confidence: 99%

Labour market integration of immigrants in Portugal in times of austerity: resilience,in situresponses and re-emigration

Esteves

Fonseca

Malheiros

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…The anticipated announcement of a demand for visas from Ecuador in 2001, Colombia in 2003and Bolivia in 2007, not only ended up with a downturn in migratory flows but also had two striking results: the flows were moved forward during the year in question and there was a change in structure by sex and age thereafter as a consequence of family reunification. A third legal factor with major -although less evident -repercussions in the evolution of international immigration in Spain is the advantageous policy giving priority in access to nationality to people com ing from Latin America, with a requirement of just two years' continuous legal residence compared with the 10-year period stipulated for immigrants from other origins (Domingo and Ortega-Rivera 2015). This policy partly explains why the migratory boom consisted of large numbers of people from Latin America, with over 3 million arrivals.…”

Section: Demographic Flows: From Boom To Bustmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Domingo¹,

Pinyol-Jiménez²,

Zapata‐Barrero³

2020

Relations Between Immigration and Integration Policies in Europe

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“…Within this context, political parties have come to see Latinos as potential difference makers in coming referendum calls (Rios 2014). Because of regularization and positive-preference immigration policies, Latinos are the largest naturalized constituency in Spain (Domingo and Ortega-Rivera, 2015). Parties have sought to capitalize on the Latino vote by forming outreach campaigns to secure their allegiance (El Periódico 2013; Rodriguez 2013).…”

Section: The Spanish and Catalan Context: Latino Immigration And The mentioning

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Political Parties, Immigration, and Panethnicity

Mora

2017

Du Bois Rev.

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Most studies on panethnicity have focused on the United States, leaving researchers with little understanding of how it becomes institutionalized in areas with different racial politics and histories. Drawing on fifty-two in-depth interviews with Latin American immigrant leaders, political party operatives, and bureaucrats, in addition to fourteen weeks of participant observation, I examine the establishment of panethnic Latino coalitions in the Barcelona, Spain, which has witnessed a sharp increase in Latin American migration. I argue that unlike in the United States, in Spain political parties play a critical role in establishing panethnic coalitions. They do so by enabling the development of panethnic civic organizations that they hope will be politically loyal to them. Latin American immigrant leaders respond to these efforts by cooperating with parties while also resisting political pressure. Specifically, immigrant leaders forge networks with one another that cross party lines, use media to promote the nonpartisan aspects of panethnicity, and construct cultural and instrumental narratives about panethnic unity. These strategies help immigrant leaders weather political shifts and make panethnicity seem to have arisen organically. Panethnicity is forged as a strategic, cultural, and experiential form of community identification precisely through this interaction between parties, immigrant leaders, and media. Implications for understanding how panethnicity becomes institutionalized and avenues for further international research on panethnicity are discussed.

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Acquisition of Nationality as Migration Policy

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Labour market integration of immigrants in Portugal in times of austerity: resilience,in situresponses and re-emigration

Labour market integration of immigrants in Portugal in times of austerity: resilience,in situresponses and re-emigration

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Political Parties, Immigration, and Panethnicity

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