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London or New York? Mobility Options of Young Belgians in Times of Crises
Lafleur, Jean-Michel
2013IMISCOE Annual conference: "Crisis and Migration – Perceptions, Challenges and Consequences"
 

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Keywords :
emigration; expatriate; crisis; belges; expatriés; nationalisme; émigrés; flamand; wallon; belgen; expat; emigranten; buiteland
Abstract :
[en] Since the beginning of the financial and economic crisis, Belgium has experienced a new influx of Southern European immigration while continuing to receive large numbers EU citizens proceeding from Central and Eastern European Member States. This reality is however hiding the fact that, simultaneously, a large number of Belgian citizens continue to leave the country every year. Belgian emigration has indeed tripled between 1970 and 2011 and nowadays about 35.000 citizens leave the country every year. Despite the increase in the number of Belgian pensioners retiring abroad, the modal age of departure remains low (26 years old). In this paper, I propose to examine two related questions on the emigration of young Belgians. First, what are the motivations of young Belgians to leave their home country today even though Belgium seems to be resisting better than most Member States to the economic crisis? Second, what drives Belgian emigrants to specific cities abroad?
Disciplines :
Sociology & social sciences
Author, co-author :
Lafleur, Jean-Michel  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Centre d'études de l'ethnicité et des migrations (CEDEM)
Language :
English
Title :
London or New York? Mobility Options of Young Belgians in Times of Crises
Alternative titles :
[fr] Londres ou New York? Les options de mobilité des jeunes Belges en temps de crise
[nl] London of New York? Mobiliteit opties voor jonge Belgen in tijden van crisis
Publication date :
26 September 2013
Event name :
IMISCOE Annual conference: "Crisis and Migration – Perceptions, Challenges and Consequences"
Event organizer :
nstitute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM) and the Department of Global Political studies (GPS), Malmö University
Event place :
Malmö, Sweden
Event date :
du 26 au 28 août 2013
Audience :
International
Commentary :
comment: work in progress; second question to be addressed in the next version of the paper
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