2017
Cairn
Anna Perraudin, « Crise économique et migrations de retour. Le cas des Équatoriens en Espagne », Autrepart, ID : 10670/1.56f1d4...
Return migration as a consequence of the economic crisis in the Northern countries have stirred intense political and academic interest. Spain is a promising vantage point for analysing the methodological and political issues at stake in the notion of “return” migration, since its migratory flows have reversed since 2011. Drawing on a review of the recent literature on return migrations from Spain, this article provides an insight into a phenomenon considered as exemplary of the complexity and reactivity of today’s migration flows. It explores three angles: the extent of return migration and the obstacles to its statistical measurement; the public policies and the political management of the migration flows by both origin and destination states; and the stratifications of class, gender and migratory status that shape migrants’ strategies.