Revista de Cercetare si Interventie Sociala
Volume 61, Issue June, 2018, Pages 91-103

Multiple migrations and intra-European mobilities of Italian naturalized migrants (Article)

Della Puppa F.*
  • a Department of Philosopy and Cultural Heritage, Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, Venice, Italy, Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education, Applied Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Abstract

This paper looks at the recent phenomenon of Bangladeshi immigrants in Italy who are onward-migrating to London, after their acquisition of the Italian citizenship – that allows them to move and relocate within the territory of the EU. Adopting an intersectional approach, I seek to answer two questions: what were the mobility trajectories of these migrants before arriving in Italy and within Italy? Why do they onward-migrate from Italy to the UK? For most Italian-Bangladeshis, Italy constitutes just a step in their migration trajectories: their mobility biographies are marked by many arrivals and departures. This responds to their desire for upward social mobility and their realization as adult men. This also leads them to leave Italy and move to London: in order to escape socially limiting factory work, to invest in the educational future of their children, to join a much larger Bangladeshi community set within a receptive multicultural and religion-tolerant society. © 2018, Editura Lumen. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Migration trajectories Onward migration Italian-Bangladeshi European citizenship Multiple mobilities

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85048575575&partnerID=40&md5=1d65573b0f8bad4d0aec4952ca2dd2b1

ISSN: 15833410
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English