Description du projet
Un regard plus attentif sur les candidats à la (re)migration
L’Europe est un pôle d’attraction pour les migrants transnationaux, notamment en provenance d’Asie et d’Afrique. Il est important de conceptualiser la migration transnationale en analysant la prise de décision des candidats à la (re)migration. Dans cette optique, le projet AspirE, financé par l’UE, étudiera les décisions prises par les candidats à la (re)migration originaires d’Asie du Sud-Est et de l’Est (Chine, Japon, Philippines, Thaïlande, Viêt Nam) vers et au sein des pays de l’UE (Belgique, République tchèque, Allemagne, Italie, Portugal, Finlande). Ainsi, le projet permettra de déterminer la mesure dans laquelle les politiques de mobilité spatiale aux niveaux européen et national prennent en compte le comportement des aspirants à la (re)migration, d’identifier les moteurs micro et méso de cette aspiration et de déterminer la temporalité de la prise de décision des (re)migrants.
Objectif
Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, Europe continues to be a major destination for transnational migrants, notably from Asia and Africa. The way in which this phenomenon has been unfolding underlines the urgent need to further conceptualise transnational migration by analysing the decision-making of aspiring (re)migrants. This scholarly enterprise is critically important as mainstream migration theories put more of a focus on broader social processes and dynamics, thereby overlooking the human aspects of migration. Basing itself on several migration theories in various disciplines, this proposal adopts a framework that humanises research on (non-)migration decision-making, i.e. highlighting its human aspects in three ways: engendering, decolonising and situating the analysis in temporal, psychological, relational and social contexts. As a case study, this research project will examine the decision-making of aspiring (re)migrants from selected Southeast and East Asian countries (China, Japan, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam) to and within selected EU member countries (Belgium, the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Finland). These migrants are oriented towards the EU labour markets where they are concentrated in ethnic niches. Employing qualitative and participatory research methodologies, the study will map the extent to which spatial mobility policies at the EU and national levels take into account aspiring (re)migrants’ behaviour, identify the micro- and meso-level drivers of (re)migration aspiration and/or intention and determine the temporality of aspiring (re)migrants’ decision-making. The results of this project will provide concrete information as to how individuals’ migration decisions change over time and on the specific stage at which mobility policies are more likely to play a role in shaping migration outcomes, which will enhance EU migration policies.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinateur
1050 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgique