Hi all, There have been some interesting news articles on young Portuguese people moving to Mozambique looking for employment. Also, my Mozambican colleagues have spoken about the influx of Portuguese coming to Maputo. Here is one story from the FT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/84622634-6b66-11e1-ac25-00144feab49a.html#axzz1pqEQs0Fa
Best, Julie Julie Silva Department of Geography University of Maryland, College Park ________________________________________ From: AAG Economic Geography Speciality Group [ECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU] On Behalf Of Adam Dixon [adam.di...@bristol.ac.uk] Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 4:12 AM To: ECONOMICGEOGRAPHY-L@LISTSERV.UCONN.EDU Subject: Re: outmigration from peripheral Europe... James, Not sure if you were asking about academic writing or popular writing. I remember reading this Bloomberg story a couple of weeks ago, which speaks to your question. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-11/greece-s-students-fighting-stray-dogs-and-despair-amid-college-budget-cuts.html Cheers, Adam On 22 Mar 2012, at 02:58, James DeFilippis wrote: > hi all, > > Just a quick question. I've been struck by how little discussion there > has been about any out migration from Greece, Portugal, Ireland, Italy and > Spain to other European countries with tighter labor markets. > > My impression had been that all the Eurozone countries pretty much had > open borders in terms of intra-zonal labor mobility (Europe's borders, of > course, are far from open to those outside the zone...). > > And certainly all five of these countries have long and significant > experiences with emigration (Spain less than the other four). So why > isn't it happening now? Or is it happening, but it's not being discussed > in the public realm much. And, if so, can anyone point me to any writings > about this. > > thanks, James > > > ******************************************* > James DeFilippis > Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy > Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey > 33 Livingston Avenue, Room 365 > New Brunswick, NJ 08901 > 732-932-3822, ext. 734 -------------- Dr. Adam D. Dixon School of Geographical Sciences University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1SS United Kingdom Tel +44 117 928 9829 Fax +44 117 928 7878 adam.di...@bristol.ac.uk http://www.ggy.bris.ac.uk/staff/staff_dixon.html
