Abstract
The article links migration, cross-border mobility and return for development embedded in terms of identity and approach to sense of Europe. Taking into account the global changes in Moldova, the paper examines the perceptions of mobility, return and identity of the Moldovans engaged in emigration in the countries of the European Union (EU). Utilising a multi-discipline approach and an in-depth qualitative interview technique, this article seeks to analyze how mobility and return can support social change and development of the country, and argues that people, who cross EU borders, living through the experience of emigration, acquire a pro-European mentality.
Highlights
Taking into account the global changes in Moldova, the paper examines the perceptions of mobility, return and identity of the Moldovans engaged in emigration in the countries of the European Union (EU)
Besides Chisinau, the interviews were conducted in the cities of Anenii Noi, Hincesti and Straseni, from where the greatest number of Moldovans emigrated to the EU and returned37 (Fig. 2)
This study revealed situations in which the financial, human and social capital acquired by Moldovans abroad is instead channelled towards, for example, Romanian border communities
Summary
The article links migration, cross-border mobility and return for development embedded in terms of identity and approach to sense of Europe. Taking into account the global changes in Moldova, the paper examines the perceptions of mobility, return and identity of the Moldovans engaged in emigration in the countries of the European Union (EU). Utilising a multi-discipline approach and an in-depth qualitative interview technique, this article seeks to analyze how mobility and return can support social change and development of the country, and argues that people, who cross EU borders, living through the experience of emigration, acquire a pro-European mentality. By examining immigrants’ discourse, the paper argues that the fact that people who cross EU borders, living through the experience of mobility, acquire a pro-European mentality The return of these immigrants and their capacities for enterprise support development, and social change in Moldova. The paper ends with some reflections on how mobility, return and the creation of a new and more European identity can support social change and development of the country
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