Project
Imagining Europe from the Outside (EUMAGINE)
Description
Why do people want to migrate? What influences their choice of migration destination? The EUMAGINE project will address these questions from an innovative angle. It will look not only at the role of factors such as socio-economic status and social networks, but also at the impact of perceptions of human rights and democracy. ‘Human rights’ is understood to include both negative (e.g. democracy, individual liberties, freedom from discrimination) and positive (a right to e.g. social security, healthcare, education) rights. Special attention will be paid to the role of gender. EUMAGINE is a three-year collaborative European research project in which IMI is a partner. The central aim of the project is to investigate the impact of perceptions of human rights and democracy on migrants’ aspirations and decisions. It will look not only at the role of factors such as socio-economic status and social networks, but also at the impact of perceptions of human rights and democracy. The core idea of the project is that macro- and meso-level discourses on human rights and democracy influence micro-level perceptions on these themes in countries of origin, which in turn influence migratory aspirations and decisions.
Categories: Technology & Society