Internal Displacement of the Ukrainians. Migration towards Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria: Desplazamiento Interno de los Ucranianos. Migración hacia Moldavia, Rumanía y Bulgaria

The evolution of the migration and refugee crisis in Ukraine and in several European countries, due to the full-scale armed conflict which started on February 24th, 2022 is a relevant topic nowadays. This recent large scale migration event reflected in a severe humanitarian crisis and in high scale migratory flows inside Ukraine and towards Europe. With the aim to see the magnitude of the migration phenomena and their consequences, the internal migration in Ukraine and towards three Eastern European countries: Moldova, Romania and Bulgaria have been investigated during the first several months after the Russian invasion. All these countries welcomed the largest wave of refugees in their recent history and tried to adapt their policies for a successful integration of the Ukrainian refugees into their labour market and societies. The use of a methodology of quantitative and qualitative analysis, based on several official data sources, as well as the analysis of interviews with Ukrainian refugees during the field work in Bulgaria, confirm these findings, stating however that there are still problems for a better integration mainly due to economic and bureaucratic reasons. Some proposals have been discussed how to improve this situation.La evolución de la crisis migratoria y de refugiados en Ucrania y en varios países europeos, debido al conflicto armado iniciado el 24 de febrero de 2022 es un tema relevante en la actualidad. Este reciente evento migratorio a gran escala se reflejó en una grave crisis humanitaria y en enormes flujos migratorios dentro de Ucrania y hacia Europa. Con el objetivo de ver la magnitud del fenómeno migratorio y sus consecuencias, se ha investigado la migración interna en Ucrania y hacia tres países de Europa del Este: Moldavia, Rumanía y Bulgaria, durante los primeros meses posteriores a la invasión rusa. Todos estos países dieron la bienvenida a la mayor ola de refugiados en su historia reciente y trataron de adaptar sus políticas para una integración exitosa de los refugiados ucranianos en su mercado laboral y sus sociedades. El uso de una metodología de análisis cuantitativo y cualitativo basada en varias fuentes de datos oficiales, así como el análisis de entrevistas con refugiados ucranianos durante el trabajo de campo en Bulgaria, confirman estos hallazgos, afirmando sin embargo que aún existen problemas para una mejor integración debido principalmente a razones económicas y burocráticas. Se han discutido algunas propuestas para mejorar esta situación

School Performance of the Moroccan Students in the Spanish Educational System: The Municipality of Collado Villalba (Madrid Region)

In the present paper we analyse the school performance of the Moroccan secondary students in the municipality of Collado Villalba (Northern Madrid region). For this aim we discuss several socio-economic parameters such as the evolution of unemployment, vegetative growth or immigration rate, etc., that are related to school performance and perspectives in general. Our results show that the municipality has better parameters in terms of school performance and integration of the Moroccan students, compared to the average values of the Madrid region (and the country in general). There is even an improvement of the above parameters, compared to previous years, probably due to the better socio-economic characteristics of the municipality during the recent years, and to the educational and pedagogical effort from part of the municipality

Circular and return migrations from Maghreb and the Balkans and their impact on the Spanish society and economy

Tesis doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Departamento de Estudios Arábes e Islámicos y Estudios Orientales. Fecha de lectura: 14-07-2014La presente tesis doctoral presenta los resultados de la investigación sobre los procesos migratorios de Marruecos y Bulgaria en condiciones de crisis económica. Después de analizar el panorama migratorio de ambos países, el análisis se centra en la migración circular y de retorno y cómo estos fenómenos afectan a la sociedad y a la economía española, así como las de los países de origen. El estudio comparativo de los dos países se lleva a cabo en términos de la cantidad de las remesas, en la transformación de países de emigración a países de destino, en las políticas gubernamentales para la migración de retorno así como en las tendencias futuras y las perspectivas. Se ha llevado a cabo una investigación específica en el caso de dos regiones fronterizas, la región Búlgaro-Serbia y la Búlgaro-Turca, siendo ambas fronteras exteriores de la Unión Europea.The current PhD thesis presents the results of the research of the migration processes of Morocco and Bulgaria in the conditions of economic crisis. After analyzing the migration panorama in both countries, the analysis is focused on circular and return migration and how these phenomena affect the Spanish society and economy as well as those same aspects in the countries of origin. The comparative study for both countries is performed in terms of the amount of remittances, transformation from a country of emigration to a country of destination, governmental plans for return migration as well as future trends and perspectives. Specific investigations have been performed in the case of two border regions: the Bulgarian-Serbian and the Bulgarian-Turkish ones, being both external borders of the European Union

THE ANALYSIS OF IMMIGRATION TRENDS OF SKILLED MIGRANTS: CASE OF GEORGIA

In this paper, we investigate several aspects of the contemporary immigration in post-Soviet Georgia by analyzing some recent trends related to the migration phenomena in the country. Our results are based on extensive fieldwork with two main groups – one, with skilled foreign immigrants in Georgia, and the other, with return Georgian emigrants, both covering all of the country’s territory. Finally, we discuss the return migration and the existing programs of voluntary return between Georgia and other countries, as well as the opportunities for professional realization in the country of the Georgian returnees and the foreign immigrants. &nbsp

THE CURRENT REFUGEE CRISIS AND THE CHALLENGES FOR BULGARIA AS AN ENTRY GATE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION

In this paper we analyze the effect of the current refugee crisis in South-Eastern Europe by making an emphasis on the Bulgarian migration policy. After discussing the legal part, concerning the migration processes in the country, we present the most recent statistics, related to the refugee’s panorama in Bulgaria.  Several current problems are analyzed such as the dynamics of the detainees at the borders and inside the country, the trafficking, the asylum applications, and the corresponding decisions, as well as other aspects related to the specific migration policies and their management. Finally, we discuss some recommendations for better sustainability as well as some important geopolitical issues, related to the disadvantageous position of the country as an entry gate to the EU and the concern regarding the EU-Turkish agreement in migration and resettlement

THE CURRENT REFUGEE CRISIS AND THE CHALLENGES FOR BULGARIA AS AN ENTRY GATE FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION

In this paper we analyze the effect of the current refugee crisis in South-Eastern Europe by making an emphasis on the Bulgarian migration policy. After discussing the legal part, concerning the migration processes in the country, we present the most recent statistics, related to the refugee’s panorama in Bulgaria. Several current problems are analyzed such as the dynamics of the detainees at the borders and inside the country, the trafficking, the asylum applications and the corresponding decisions, as well as other aspects related to the specific migration policies and their management. Finally we discuss some recommendations for a better sustainability as well as some important geopolitical issues, related to the disadvantageous position of the country as a entry gate to the EU and the concern regarding the EU-Turkish agreement in migration and resettlement