REMHU - Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana ISSN: 1980-8585
[email protected] Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios Brasil Marcu, Silvia Mobility, return for development and sense of Europe: narratives of Moldavian immigrants returning from the European Union REMHU - Revista Interdisciplinar da Mobilidade Humana, vol. 21, núm. 41, julio- diciembre, 2013, pp. 77-98 Centro Scalabriniano de Estudos Migratórios Brasília, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=407042018005 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Silvia Marcu MOBILITY, RETURN FOR DEVELOPMENT AND SENSE OF EUROPE: NARRATIVES OF MOLDAVIAN IMMIGRANTS RETURNING FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION Silvia Marcu * The article links migration, cross-border mobility and return for development embedded in terms of identity and approach to sense of Europe. Taking into account the global changes in Moldova, the paper examines the perceptions of mobility, return and identity of the Moldovans engaged in emigration in the countries of the European Union (EU). Utilising a multi-discipline approach and an in-depth qualitative interview technique, this article seeks to analyze how mobility and return can support social change and development of the country, and argues that people, who cross EU borders, living through the experience of emigration, acquire a pro-European mentality. Keywords: mobility, border, Moldova, return, development, European Union. Introduction 1 Over the last two decades, there have been profound transformations in the territory and society of Eastern Europe, characterized by three fundamental factors that interact with each other: mobility, identity and development.