The next Meeting on Migration Experiences will take place on November 26, starting at 2:30 p.m., with the theme “The migratory journey of young Portuguese adults”.

The event takes place online via ZOOM.

Speaker

Inês Vidigal

Sociology PhD, CIES-Iscte

Discussant

Pedro Candeias

Assistant Professor, Iscte
Associate Researcher, CIES-Iscte

Link ZOOM

https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/94406021279

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to identify the factors that explain the return of so many Portuguese emigrants aged between 20 and 34, analyzing the relationship between emigration and return, integration and return and the actual return, studying the entire migratory journey. The empirical analysis presented in this paper is based on data collected through an online survey of Portuguese emigrants in the age group under study. The most important conclusions were that young Portuguese adults emigrate for work reasons, while they return for family reasons.

Inês Vidigal has a degree in geography from FLUL, a master's degree in European policies from IGOT-UL and is studying for a PhD in sociology at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. Since 2014, she has been a research assistant at the Emigration Observatory, where she is responsible for the statistical data on the website and its communication to the general public. She is the editorial coordinator of the periodicals, OEm Fact Sheets and Portuguese Emigration Factbook. She is the co-author of several publications on emigration, including the statistical yearbook Emigração Portuguesa. Statistical Report. She has participated in research projects on migration at IGOT-UL and Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. She worked at Pordata - Database of Contemporary Portugal for three years, where she disseminated statistical information on social and economic indicators, in open access, to civil society.

Pedro Candeias is a researcher at CIES-Iscte and an associate at OEm. He is a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Social Research Methods at the School of Sociology and Public Policy at Iscte - Instituto Universitário de Lisboa. He has a PhD in Sociology from the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, as part of the Doctoral Program in Migration, with a thesis on contemporary emigration to Germany. He has taken part in research projects on the local integration of immigrants in municipalities in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, the sexual and reproductive health of Cape Verdean immigrants, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of immigrants, Portuguese emigration and the return of emigrants to Portugal.