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RomanianMigration to the Community ofMadrid (Spain): Patterns ofMobility and Return; Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Population Research Volume 2011, Article ID 258646, 13 pages doi:10.1155/2011/258646 The article analyzes the process by which Romanian immigrants to the Autonomous Community of Madrid (Spain) return to
their country. Starting with the empirical reality and the theoretical focuses on human mobility as a form of transnationalism,
the article emphasises on the characteristics which distinguish the Romanian collective fromother collectives of immigrants living
in Spain; circular migration that creates work networks. The paper reflects how the intensive mobility contributes to a process
that is continuous and partial—hardly ever final. The first part of the article presents the phases of Romanian migration to the
Autonomous Community of Madrid. It then delves into the process by which Romanians return to their country of origin, while
detailing those factors that influence their decision. The conclusions point towards a renewal of studies on mobility within the
framework of the European Union that links the border dynamic with the migration process.
1. Introduction
The fall of the Iron Curtain (1989) meant the first exercise
of freedom along with the fall of the totalitarian system for
the people of Eastern Europe. A people without a tradition
of international migration were to experience foreign viewpoints
that were directly inspired by the models that were
closest at
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