Scholars of transnationalism have argued that migrants create transnational social fields or spaces that connect their place of origin to destination areas. Despite the centrality that social netwo...

Social Networks and Transnational Social Fields: A Review of Quantitative and Mixed-Methods Approaches:

From Nan Lin, “Building a Network Theory of Social Capital”

Spatial pattern and determinants of migrant workers' interprovincial hukou transfer intention in China: Evidence from a National Migrant Population Dynamic Monitoring Survey in 2016

How do migrants’ processes of social embedding unfold over time?

Embedded settlement intentions: The case of Ukrainians in Madrid

This work examines three areas of transnational behaviour of Ukrainian migrants to Spain: travelling to the country of origin, the frequency of non-direct contact with the communities of origin and remittances. Our objective is to examine how gender, legal status and type of family unit (multilocal/non-multilocal) affect transnational practices. Most of the statistical data presented in this article come from the Spanish National Immigrant Survey (ENI-2007). The study confirms that family ties play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining links between countries of origin and destination. It also reveals that entry and residence restrictions on Ukrainian migrants significantly reduce the transnational mobility of irregular migrants. Finally, no clear relation between gender and transnationalism was observed.

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Exploring Transnational Practices of Ukrainian Migrants in Spain

Desde principios de los anos noventa las pautas de movilidad internacional de los inmigrantes ucranianos en Europa Central y Occidental se caracterizan por su temporalidad, circularidad e irregularidad. Partiendo de este supuesto se examinan en este articulo los patrones de movilidad de los ucranianos inmigrados a Espana. Como principales categorias de descripcion se utilizan los indicadores de temporalidad de desplazamiento, ubicacion geografica y desplazamientos de los miembros de la unidad familiar e intenciones declaradas de retorno a su pais de origen. El material empirico analizado tiene tanto caracter cuantitativo (datos de la Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes) como cualitativo (entrevistas en profundidad).

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Inmigrantes ucranianos en España. Una aproximación a las pautas de movilidad internacional

In recent years, the concept of transnationalism has become one of the main analytical tools used to assess the mobility patterns of Central and Eastern European populations. This work studies the transnational activities of Ukrainian immigrants in Spain. It examines three areas of transnational behaviour: travelling to the country of origin, the frequency of non-direct contact with the communities of origin and remittances. Our objective is to examine how gender, legal status and type of family unit (multilocal/non-multilocal) affect the frequency and extent of transnational activities. Most of the statistical data presented in this article come from the National Immigrant Survey (ENI-2007) conducted by the National Institute of Statistics (Spain). The study confirms that family ties play a crucial role in establishing and maintaining links between countries of origin and destination. It also reveals that the legal status of Ukrainian immigrants in Spain has a great impact on patterns of transnational behaviour. In this sense, it is evident that institutional factors must be included in analyses of migratory processes from a transnational perspective.

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Analysing Selected Transnational Activities among Ukrainian Immigrants in Spain

espanolLa perspectiva longitudinal cualitativa, aunque potencialmente adecuada, no ha recibido mucha atencion en el campo de la migracion internacional. Especialmente, las intenciones y decisiones residenciales de los migrantes se suelen estudiar desde un punto de vista estatico, lo cual no permite explicar el fenomeno como proceso. El presente articulo demuestra la necesidad de una aproximacion dinamica y cualitativa para explicar como se forman, mantienen o reformulan las intenciones / decisiones a lo largo del proyecto migratorio. Para ello, se utiliza un estudio de caso ucraniano en la Comunidad de Madrid, realizado en 4 oleadas entre los anos 2009 y 2016. Mediante este estudio que articula las dimensiones temporales, espaciales y relacionales a la vez, se explican las aportaciones, pero tambien las dificultades y los retos conceptuales, metodologicos y analiticos de esta aproximacion. Entre otros, se destaca la capacidad de observar los procesos causales cognitivos, lo que posibilita una mayor profundizacion sobre como se modelan las intenciones y toman decisiones residenciales. EnglishThe qualitative longitudinal approach, although potentially adequate, has not received much attention in the field of international migration. Especially, the residential intentions and decisions of migrants are usually studied from a static point of view, which does not explain the phenomenon as a process. This article demonstrates the need for a dynamic and qualitative perspective to explain how intentions / decisions are formed, maintained or reformulated throughout the migratory project. For this, we use the Ukrainian case study in the Community of Madrid, carried out in 4 waves, between 2009 and 2016. Through this study that hat articulates the temporal, spatial and relational dimensions at the same time; we discuss the conceptual, methodological and analytical contributions and challenge of this approach. Among others, we highlight the ability to observe the cognitive causal processes, which allows a deeper understanding of how intentions are modelled and residential decisions are made.

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Renáta Hosnedlová

Papers

Embedded settlement intentions: The case of Ukrainians in Madrid

Exploring Transnational Practices of Ukrainian Migrants in Spain

Inmigrantes ucranianos en España. Una aproximación a las pautas de movilidad internacional

Analysing Selected Transnational Activities among Ukrainian Immigrants in Spain

El proceso intencional/decisorio migratorio desde una aproximación cualitativa longitudinal