In search of a good life: The narratives and trajectories of Romanian migrants in post-referendum UK.

根据联合国的国际移民报告，2000年至2015年间，罗马尼亚移民人口超过300万人，年增长率为7.3%，仅次于叙利亚（联合国，2016年）。拟议的研究将侧重于罗马尼亚劳工移民在英国的叙述和轨迹，目前约有25万罗马尼亚公民居住在英国（ONS, 2017）。该研究将探讨如何构建移民身份相对于更广泛的移民社区，原籍国和英国作为东道国在脱欧后的政治发展的特殊关系。它将通过研究流行的分析概念（如边界、根源和流离失所）在理解罗马尼亚移民经历中的适用性，为移民人类学做出原创性贡献。拟议的研究有两个广泛的相互关联的目标：首先，记录和理解罗马尼亚移民到英国的复杂动机和环境，因为这些可能超出经济因素。我研究的第二个目的是帮助我们理解移民是一种“面向未来”的社会运动，它促进了公民身份的新愿景和政治归属的新形式。拟议的博士学位旨在通过批判性地评估“拉动因素”概念的有用性以及移民预防和威慑战略的影响，促进有关重新制定当前移民政策叙述的必要性的更广泛辩论。

According to the United Nations' international migration report, the Romanian migrant population between 2000-2015 exceeded three million people and had the second highest annual growth rate (7.3%), following Syria (United Nations, 2016). The proposed research will focus on the narratives and trajectories of Romanian labour migrants in the UK, where approximately 250,000 Romanian citizens currently live (ONS, 2017). The study will explore how migrant identity is constructed vis-a-vis the wider migrant community, the country of origin, and UK as a host country in special relation to political developments following BREXIT. It will make an original contribution to the anthropology of migration through examining the applicability of prevalent analytical concepts (such as borders, rootedness, and displacement) in the understanding of Romanian migrant experiences. The proposed research has two broad interrelated aims: First, to record and comprehend the complex motivations and circumstances of Romanian migrants to the UK, as these may extend beyond economic factors. The second aim of my research is to contribute to our understanding of migration as a 'future-oriented' social movement which promotes new visions of citizenship and novel forms of political belonging. The proposed PhD aims to contribute to wider debates on the need to reformulate current policy narratives on migration by critically evaluating the usefulness of the notion of 'pull-factors' and the effects of migration prevention and deterrence strategies.