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Intra-European Migrants and The Question of Integration: Citizenship In The Lives Of Finnish Migrants In Europe
Author:
Saara Koikkalainen
University of Lapland, Rovaniemi; Swedish School of Social Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, FI
Abstract
Citizenship is defined in terms of national contexts, institutions, or practices. Apart from noting one’s membership in a certain polity, citizenship can be understood to have – at least – three meanings as follows: it can signify access, identification, and practice. This article examines these three dimensions based on the experiences of highly skilled Finns living in other European Union member states. Do they adopt the legal citizenship of the new country to gain access to legal and civic rights? Do they begin to identify with and assimilate to their new home country? Is citizenship played out in the everyday life as practice? The article concludes that thanks to European citizenship, all three interpretations are present at the same time.
How to Cite:
Koikkalainen, S., 2019. Intra-European Migrants and The Question of Integration: Citizenship In The Lives Of Finnish Migrants In Europe. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 9(2), pp.257–273. DOI: http://doi.org/10.2478/njmr-2019-0010
Published on
01 Jun 2019.
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