Title  A percepção da identidade europeia entre os jovens qualificados da nova vaga de emigração (Original)
         Perception of the european identity among the new wave of qualified emigrated youth (EN)
Author  Carla Alexandra Oliveira Gomes
Advisor  Rita Ribeiro
Year  2014
Institution  School of Economics, Management and Political Science, University of Minho
Degree  Masters
Area  European Union Politicies and Territorial Cooperation
Keywords  Migration, Skilled emigration, European identity 
URI  https://hdl.handle.net/1822/31733

Abstract 

Migratory movements have always been part of human history, and this phenomenon has evolved over time, it used to be restricted and limited due to geographical issues. Currently, this concept has a global character and migration have been intensified. In the European Union, migration assumes a particular character because, for the purpose of founding Treaties of the Union any citizen of a Member State has the right to emigrate, either for professional reasons or others, within the borders of the European Community. European Citizenship has added a set of rights and duties of citizens, and, among others, came to link the right to free movement. In order to regulate migration, European policies have been developed for them, also having the intent to integrate migrants. Socio-economic changes that affected Europe, and in particular Portugal, especially from 2008 on, have affected the employability. The volume of unemployment and precarious employment increased. Therefore, there has been an increase in the emigration. Young people, particularly young people with higher qualifications, are one of the age groups most affected by these issues, so they found in emigration the solution to the problem, and the young emigration increased largely from 2012. In this research work, the main objective settle was to understand the link between qualified young mass emigration, in recent years, with the EU and European identity. It also seeks to understand whether their sense of belonging to a community became weaker or stronger after leaving the country. Therefore, it was accomplished and placed an online survey of 19 questions, directed to young migrants with tertiary qualifications. Besides trying to understand the connection to the EU, it seeks to know the reasons that led them to leave the country and what are the major differences and similarities between Portugal and the host country.