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Overcoming ‘crisis’: Mobility capabilities and ‘stretching’ a migrant identity among young Irish in London and return migrants
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posted on 2019-03-12, 16:23 authored by Aija Lulle, Liam Coakley, Piaras MacEinriWe bring into dialogue the migrant identities of young Irish immigrants in the UK and young returnees in Ireland. We draw on 38 in-depth interviews (20 in the UK and 18 in Ireland), aged 20-37 at the time of interview, carried out in 2015-16. We argue that ‘stretching’ identities – critical and reflective capabilities to interpret long histories of emigration and the neglected economic dimension need to be incorporated into conceptualising “crisis” migrants. Participants draw on networks globally, they choose migration as a temporary “stop-over” abroad, but they also rework historical Irish migrant identities in a novel way. Becoming an Irish migrant or a returnee today is enacted as a historically-grounded capability of mobility. However, structural economic constraints in Irish labour market need to be seriously considered in understanding return aspirations and realities. These findings generate relevant policy ideas in terms of relations between “crisis” migrants and the state.
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- Social Sciences
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International MigrationVolume
58Issue
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31 - 44Citation
LULLE, A., COAKLEY, L. and MACEINRI, P., 2019. Overcoming ‘crisis’: Mobility capabilities and ‘stretching’ a migrant identity among young Irish in London and return migrants. International Migration, 58 (1), pp.31-44.Publisher
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Overcoming ‘crisis’: Mobility capabilities and ‘stretching’ a migrant identity among young Irish in London and return migrants. International Migration, 58 (1), pp.31-44, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12577. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.Acceptance date
2019-02-27Publication date
2019-03-25ISSN
0020-7985eISSN
1468-2435Publisher version
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