Needs of Return Migration and Adaptation Strategies
Author(s):
María José Méndez Lois (presenting / submitting) Mª Mar Sanjuán Roca (presenting)
Elisa Teresa Zamora Rodríguez (presenting)
Conference:
ECER 2012
Format:
Poster

Session Information

07 SES 05.5 PS, General Poster Exhibition

General Poster Session during Lunch

Time:
2012-09-19
12:30-14:00
Room:
FCEE - Poster Exhibition Area
Chair:

Contribution

Mediterranean European countries, which until the second half of the twentieth century were characterized demographically because countries with large numbers of emigrants, at the present time are faced with two opposing phenomena: a high number of immigrants who choose them as a country of host and a major return movement of people who one day left the country or their descendants.

Both aspects are at the heart of recent discussions of the European Union from the perspective of immigration law. Europe is situated at a crucial test of democracy becomes herself society by analyzing the response given from the host societies migratory movements precisely in societies that have developed the universal theory of human rights (Moya, 2001) .

The theories explaining the return migration are essentially two (Castillo, 1997): the phenomenological theory, represented by Schutz (1974) which states that people who leave their home social enter another dimension that takes place on hard difficulty that if they find it difficult to adapt to the society of the country they emigrated, they also find an unknown and hostile to return home, and social conflict theory in which the explanatory models of return are based on the analysis of the reasons for return (Green, 2006).

The study we conducted could be included in the latter theory because it focuses on knowing the status of returned emigrants, second and third generation, who come from Latin American countries (Argentina, Venezuela, Uruguay and Brazil).

The overall objective of the study is to understand the needs of returnees in order to facilitate their social integration and employment. Research questions to ask are, among others, the following: What motivates the return, What needs the immigrant population has returned, What to bring potential?
The poster presented will respond to two specific objectives of the study are to analyze the social and educational needs of emigrants returned and present coping strategies and improving their personal situation, work and society.

Method

The approach to the study is the biographical perspective (Ruiz Olabuenaga, 2000) that considers relevant experience and visualizes the trajectories of return to assess the achievements and seek the essence of the problems arising in the process of job placement, social and community life. The selection of the sample was intended to be prerequisites for participating in the study that respondents had achieved a job placement after 2000 and that his age was between 18 and 45. Of the various forms of interview described by Goetz and Le Compte (1988:133) chose sequenced standardized interview can be considered an orally questionnaire.

Expected Outcomes

The returnees have many difficulties to develop their career working in the same area they occupied in the countries of origin (lack of job offers, difficult approval of qualifications or lack of equivalence of the same, professional recognition, etc). The system of protection of returnees is focused almost exclusively on financial aid and welfare support through social services and health care. Networks of social relationships are of utmost importance in achieving successful integration identifying different types of relational dynamics (friendships, associations, family, neighbors, etc..).

References

Castillo, J. (1997). Teorías da migración de retorno. En A. Izquierdo e G. Álvarez Silvar (Coord) Políticas de retorno de emigrantes. A Coruña: Universidade, 29-44. Goetz, J. P.e LeCompte, M. D. (1988). Etnografía y diseño cualitativo en investigación Social. Madrid: Morata. Moya, M. (2001). Comentario sistemático a la ley de extranjería. Granada: Comares. Ruiz de Olabuénaga, J.L. (2000). Inmigrantes, Madrid: Acento Editorial. Schutz, A. (1974). Estudios sobre teoría social. Buenos Aires: Amorrortu. Verde Diego, C. (2006). Migración de retorno en Galicia: aspectos psicosociais e emocionais da segunda xeración. Revista Galega de Ciencias Sociais, nº 5, 69-90.

Author Information

María José Méndez Lois (presenting / submitting)
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Mª Mar Sanjuán Roca (presenting)
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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