Who wants to go to Europe? Results from a large-scale survey on migration aspirations

pub_ppb_142x200For every individual who migrates to another country, there are many others that aspire to do the same. Throughout the world, people are becoming increasingly aware of the possibility of international migration. But, how do migration  aspirations vary from one local community to another, or between individuals in the same community? This policy brief presents results from a survey of 8,000 people from 16 different areas within Morocco, Senegal, Turkey and Ukraine, conducted as part of the project ‘Imagining Europe from the Outside (EUMAGINE)’.

Carling, Jørgen (2013) Who wants to go to Europe? Results from a large-scale survey on migration aspirations. PRIO Policy Brief, 2013/4. Oslo: Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO).

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