Migration aspirations and migration cultures: A case study of Ukrainian migration towards the European Union

C. Van Mol; Erik Snel; Kenneth Hemmerechts; Christiane Timmerman

doi:10.1002/psp.2131

Migration aspirations and migration cultures: A case study of Ukrainian migration towards the European Union

C. Van Mol, Erik Snel, Kenneth Hemmerechts, Christiane Timmerman

Sociology

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Abstract

An abundant body of research focused on macrolevel, mesolevel, and microlevel factors explaining why individuals move across international borders. In this paper, we aim to complement the existing literature by exploring how, within a single country, mesolevel factors differently impact migration aspirations, focusing on a case study of Ukraine. We particularly focus on how migration aspirations of individuals in two different regions can be explained by their international social networks with family members, on the one hand, and with friends, on the other. Furthermore, we explore whether regional migration characteristics play a role, as well as the interaction of such characteristics with individuals' frequency of contact with transnational networks. Our analyses are based on the EUMAGINE project and suggest that the interplay between regional migration characteristics and transnational social contact are key for explaining the decline of migration systems over time.

Original language	English
Article number	e2131
Number of pages	11
Journal	Population, Space and Place
Volume	24
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2131
Publication status	Published - 2018

Keywords

COUNTRIES
DYNAMICS
European Union
IMMIGRANTS
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
LABOR MIGRATION
MIGRANT PERSONALITY
MOBILITY
NETWORKS
RELATIVE DEPRIVATION
STRATEGIES
Ukraine
migration culture
migration determinants
social networks

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