Deciding to Move: Migration Projects in an Integrating Europe

Santacreu, Oscar; Baldoni, Emiliana; Albert, María Carmen

doi:10.4337/9781849802314.00008

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“…There is now ample evidence that, apart from economic motives, social and cultural reasons are important drivers of intra-European mobility, including love and relationships (see for example Verwiebe, 2014;Gilmartin and Migge, 2013;Santacreu et al, 2009). The studies of Santacreu et al (2009) and Verwiebe (2014), for example, indicate that family and marriage-related reasons figure among the most prominent reasons to move within Europe.…”

Section: Love Migration and Mobility Within The European Union And Tomentioning

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Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity

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2015

European Union Politics

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Love is often a key factor in migration decisions. Partner relationships and union formation have also been identified as forming an intrinsic part of intra-European migration. Nevertheless, empirical research into intra-European love migration remains rather scarce. In this paper, we focus on the often neglected but substantial intra-European moves. We analyse the relationship between bi-national couple formation, identification as a European and European transnational solidarity. The analyses are based on the EUMARR survey, investigating bi-national marriages in a unified Europe, comparing European bi-national and uni-national couples. In this paper, we focus on the Netherlands (n = 898) and compare Dutch–Dutch with Dutch–EU couples. Our findings indicate that bi-national couples are more likely to identify as European compared to uni-national couples, but this is not reflected in more solidarity to European countries in times of crisis. Implications of these findings are discussed in light of the European integration process.

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Section: Love Migration and Mobility Within The European Union And Tomentioning

confidence: 99%

Falling in love with(in) Europe: European bi-national love relationships, European identification and transnational solidarity

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2015

European Union Politics

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“…European citizens enjoy the right of freedom of movement, and might decide to temporarily or permanently settle in another European country for a variety of reasons, including family formation, retirement, study, and work. Finally it is crucial to realize that categorization of migrants into certain migration motives is rather diffi cult as very often multiple different reasons overlap (see, e.g., Gilmartin and Migge 2015 ;Santacreu et al 2009 ;Verwiebe 2014 ).…”

Section: Demographic Characteristics Of Intra-eu Moversmentioning

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Migration and Immigrants in Europe: A Historical and Demographic Perspective

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2016

IMISCOE Research Series

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“…In general, destinations have diversified, migration projects have become more individualized, and decisions to move to another European country are nowadays driven by a plurality of motives. Although career considerations and the possibility of earning a better salary remain an important motivation to leave the country of origin, non-work reasons for migrating (family, affective relationships, study, retirement or lifestyle considerations) are an important aspect of intra-European migration (Gilmartin and Migge 2013;Santacreu et al 2009;Verwiebe 2014). This raises new questions on migration decision-making, the importance of origin and destination countries in this decision-making process, and the importance of networks and family relations both before and after the move (Benton and Petrovic 2013;De Winter et al 2014).…”

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