Who wants to go to Europe? Results from a large-scale survey on migration aspirations

PRIO Policy Brief

Carling, Jørgen (2013) Who wants to go to Europe? Results from a large-scale survey on migration aspirations, PRIO Policy Brief, 4. Oslo: PRIO.

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​​​For every individual who migrates to another country, there are many others that aspire to do the same. Throughout the world, people are becoming increasingly aware of the possibility of international migration. But, how do migration aspirations vary from one local community to another, or between individuals in the same community? This policy brief presents results from a survey of 8,000 people from 16 different areas within Morocco, Senegal, Turkey and Ukraine, conducted as part of the project ‘Imagining Europe from the Outside (EUMAGINE)’. 

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28/02/2013
Who wants to go to Europe? New PRIO Policy Brief

What images of Europe lie behind the wish to migrate? And who are the people who prefer to remain in their own country? A new policy brief, Who wants to go to Europe? (PRIO Policy Brief 04/2013) was launched at a breakfast seminar at PRIO today. Written by PRIO research director Jørgen Carling, the policy brief presents the results from a migration survey of 8000 people from 16 different areas within Morocco, Senegal, Turkey and Ukraine. The survey was conducted as a part of the research project 'Imagining Europe from the Outside (EUMAGINE)'.

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