Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2021, 57(3): 267-292 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2020.011

How Transnational Migrants Integrate: The Case of Moldovans Living in Czechia and Italy

Eva Janská, Jiří Hasman, Zdeněk Čermák
Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague

This article examines whether the social, cultural, or economic dimensions of integration into a receiving society have the effect of intensifying or weakening transnational ties to a migrant's country of origin. The article is based on an analysis of unique data gathered in a questionnaire survey conducted among 409 Moldovan migrants living in Italy and Czechia and resident there for more than one year. Transnational and integration indices were constructed in order to investigate the relationships between selected characteristics of the respondents. The analysis reveals that greater socio-cultural integration is accompanied by weaker transnational practices, where key roles are played by the length of stay and age upon arrival. This is found to apply to Moldovans in both countries, although a slightly more positive relationship is observed between Italian Moldovans' economic integration and transnationalism, suggesting that economic resources facilitate the maintenance and development of cross-border networks.

Keywords: transnationalism, integration, Moldovans, Italy, Czechia

Received: June 17, 2020; Revised: June 17, 2020; Accepted: June 17, 2020; Prepublished online: November 12, 2020; Published: August 19, 2021  Show citation

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