Paper short abstract:

Based on qualitative research of immigrants this work aims to illustrate intersections between culture, citizenships, integration, (im)mobilities and transnationalism across the internal and external European borders.

Paper long abstract:

In the last two decades, many have been emigrating from Venezuela due to

the political and economic crisis in the country. As many of the

immigrants have European origins which provides them with the possibility

of obtaining a new and/or dual citizenship, one of the migration routes

leads to the countries of the European Union. Based on qualitative

research and the life stories of immigrants from Venezuela to the Republic

of Croatia and the European Union, this work aims to illustrate the

migrants’ intersections between culture, informality,

(im)mobilities, transnationalism and integration across the internal and

external European borders.

By studying the push and pull factors of migration and experiences of life

in a new environment, it aims to present the interconnectedness of

multiple forms of migration among both families and individuals, cultural

and social integration, employment, business practices, care and education

and transnationalism. Migrants compare between the possibility of

obtaining citizenship and using existing cultural capital, e.g. emigrating

to Spain with a Croatian passport due to lack of proficiency in the

Croatian language, or descendants of the German national minority from

Croatia who have a knowledge of German emigrating to German-speaking

countries with a Croatian passport etc.