Overcoming "crisis": Mobility capabilities and "stretching" a migrant identity among young Irish in London and return migrants

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dc.contributor.authorLulle, Aija
dc.contributor.authorCoakley, Liam
dc.contributor.authorMacÉinrí­, Piaras
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-16T13:00:50Z
dc.date.available2023-03-16T13:00:50Z
dc.date.issued2019-03-25
dc.date.updated2023-03-16T12:52:13Z
dc.description.abstractWe bring into dialogue the migrant identities of young Irish immigrants in the UK and young returnees in Ireland. We draw on 38 in-depth interviews (20 in the UK and 18 in Ireland), aged 20–37 at the time of interview, carried out in 2015–16. We argue that “stretching” identities – critical and reflective capabilities to interpret long histories of emigration and the neglected economic dimension – need to be incorporated into conceptualizing “crisis” migrants. Participants draw on networks globally, they choose migration as a temporary “stop-over” abroad, but they also rework historical Irish migrant identities in a novel way. Becoming an Irish migrant or a returnee today is enacted as a historically grounded capability of mobility. However, structural economic constraints in the Irish labour market need to be seriously considered in understanding return aspirations and realities. These findings generate relevant policy ideas in terms of relations between “crisis” migrants and the state.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
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dc.identifier.citationLulle, A., Coakley, L. and MacÉinrí­, P. (2019) 'Overcoming "crisis": Mobility capabilities and "stretching" a migrant identity among young Irish in London and return migrants', International Migration, 58(1), pp. 31-44. doi: 10.1111/imig.12577en
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/imig.12577en
dc.identifier.eissn1468-2435
dc.identifier.endpage44en
dc.identifier.issn0020-7985
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Migrationen
dc.identifier.startpage31en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/14319
dc.identifier.volume58en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.en
dc.rights© 2019, John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is the accepted version of the following item: Lulle, A., Coakley, L. and MacÉinrí­, P. (2019) 'Overcoming "crisis": Mobility capabilities and "stretching" a migrant identity among young Irish in London and return migrants', International Migration, 58(1), pp. 31-44, doi: 10.1111/imig.12577, which has been published in final form at: https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12577. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.en
dc.subjectMigrationen
dc.subjectIrelanden
dc.subjectUKen
dc.titleOvercoming "crisis": Mobility capabilities and "stretching" a migrant identity among young Irish in London and return migrantsen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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