Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
Volume 15, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 366-383

Citizen to Stay or Citizen to Go? Naturalization, Security, and Mobility of Migrants in Italy (Article)

Della Puppa F. , Sredanovic D.*
  • a Laboratory for Social Research (LARIS), Ca' Foscari University in Venice, Venice, Italy
  • b Université Libre de Bruxelles, Group for Research on Ethnic Relations, Migration & Equality (GERME), Migrations Asylum Multiculturalism (MAM), Brussels, Belgium

Abstract

We analyze the relation between naturalization, mobility, and security through 50 in-depth interviews with migrants of different origins living in two Italian regions. We show how migrants pursue naturalization both to protect themselves against bureaucracy and deportation and to move to a third country. The second migration is motivated by improving one's conditions, forced by the economic crisis, or completes the original migratory project once a strong passport is obtained. We argue that citizenship is not essentially linked to either stability or mobility and that mobility should be understood as neither exceptional nor always chosen. © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Author Keywords

citizenship Italy Economic crisis mobility Security Legal status

Index Keywords

bureaucracy mobility social security immigrant financial crisis Italy legal system naturalization citizenship social status
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84981715659&doi=10.1080%2f15562948.2016.1208316&partnerID=40&md5=4cb9551ea3ed7274c3d830469419cb41
DOI: 10.1080/15562948.2016.1208316
ISSN: 15562948
Cited by: 8
Original Language: English