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Book SynopsisThe term ''circular migration'' has become a buzzword among European and international policy and academic circles in recent years. Many national and EU policy makers have heralded the idea of ''circular'' migration with great enthusiasm as the solution to many of ''our'' migration ''problems'', supposedly addressing at once labour market shortages (by providing quickly and flexibly labour force on demand) and the migrant integration challenges (since circular migrants are not there to stay and hence will create very limited if any integration challenges). This book studies the realities of circular migration on the ground by empirical analysis of seven pairs of countries: Greece-Albania, Italy-Albania; Italy-Morocco, Spain-Morocco; and Poland-Ukraine, Hungary-Ukraine, Italy-Ukraine. The book provides for a comparative and in depth analysis of circular migration between EU member states and countries in the EU''s neighbourhood. It discusses critically the idea that circular migration i
Trade ReviewThis book is noteworthy not only because of the abundance of research and information it contains but also because it emphasises the need for a stronger relationship between research and policy-making. * Ermira Danaj, University of Neuchâtel *
Table of Contents1. Circular Migration: Introductory Remarks ; 2. The Drive for Securitised Temporariness ; 3. Flexible circularities: Integration, return and socio-economic instability within Albanian migration to Italy ; 4. Albanian Circular Migration in Greece: Beyond the State? ; 5. Circular Economic Migration between Italy and Morocco ; 6. Circularity in a Restrictive Framework: Mobility between Morocco and Spain ; 7. Circular Migration between Hungary and Ukraine: Historical legacies, the economic crisis and the multi-directionality of 'circular' migration ; 8. Circular Migration Patterns between Ukraine and Poland ; 9. A Transnational Double Presence: Circular Migration between Ukraine and Italy ; 10. Circular Migration at the Periphery of Europe: Choice, Opportunity or Necessity?
