Naslov
“Contemporary Migration Trends and Flows on the Territory of Southeast Europe”

Autori
Rajković Iveta, Marijeta ; Kelemen, Petra ; Župarić- Iljić, Drago

Izvornik
“Contemporary Migration Trends and Flows on the Territory of Southeast Europe”

Vrsta, podvrsta
Ostale vrste radova, ostalo

Godina
2016

Ključne riječi
Contemporary Migration ; Territory of Southeast Europe ; Integration of Immigrants ; Diaspora ; Refugess

Sažetak
Bearing in mind the numerous migration flows and new forms of mobility present today, the conference aims to comparatively analyse recent population movement trends on the territory of Southeast Europe. The key topics we discuss are emigration, transit and immigration in a broader European and global context in the last twenty years – as manifested prior to accession to the EU, during accession to the EU and after accession to the EU, as well as in the light of the current “crisis” related to refugee flows. Our wish is to, through presentations and discussions, expound and elaborate on the (im)mutability of push and pull factors, and other causes of migration, on the role of the political, economic and legislative macro context, to detect new destinations for immigration and/or to confirm the existing ones, to examine the influence of migrant networks. In addition to the role of the macro and micro context in migration processes, new forms of meso contexts will also be examined – for example, social networks, i.e. various forms of virtual communities, etc. Bearing in mind the general trends in contemporary migration, the aim is to compare the experiences from different countries and to detect the similarities between them, while also indicating their differences and national specificities regarding: the (re)definition of typologies (i.e. economic, family, permanent, legal, irregular, voluntary, compelled and forced, virtual and return migration, brain drain, transmigrants, expatriates...), views on the duration of migration processes (circular, temporary, seasonal), changes in the socio-demographic structure of migrants (e.g. the feminisation of migration), changes in the discourse and narratives related to migration (e.g. the politicisation, securitisation and criminalisation of migration), etc. Migration processes are examined from the viewpoint of the migrants themselves and the families that stay behind, the impact of these processes on the source area, transit area and destination, as well as their influence on the population that remained. The conference also touches on other post-migration phenomena such as the integration of (im)migrants into local communities, and on the current and future role of scientists in envisaging and deploying migration and integration strategies/policies. The aim of this international and interdisciplinary conference is to discuss in depth aforementioned issues and to connect the experience/knowledge of scholars from various disciplines in order to contribute to the better understanding of the social and all other challenges that migrations pose to modern European societies.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Sociologija, Etnologija i antropologija

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