Escrivá Angeles
Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Huelva, Campus del Carmen, Av 3 de Marzo s/n, 21071 Huelva, Spain.
Eur J Ageing. 2013 Mar 6;10(4):279-287. doi: 10.1007/s10433-013-0268-6. eCollection 2013 Dec.
Population ageing constitutes a major determinant of contemporary international migration, acting both as a push and pull factor in countries of origin and reception. From a micro-perspective, longevity, economic instability and migration are also affecting personal life as well as family organisation and solidarity. The aim of this paper is to focus on the strategies, in individual and family spheres, that migrants and their loved ones develop to accumulate and transfer assets, in order to respond to the demands of the elderly and counteract the uncertainties of advancing age. To capture this reality we conducted in-depth interviews and focus groups with Peruvian and Moroccan migrants in Spain, and with returnees and relatives in the two countries of origin between 2006 and 2010. Both cases demonstrate that country contexts, together with personal experiences and family relationships, determine where to stay, and with whom or with what to support oneself as one grows older. More recently, the economic crisis in Spain that is negatively influencing social and migration policies, reducing migrants' economic gains, and placing new burdens on people's shoulders, is affecting these asset accumulation and transfer activities for old age.
人口老龄化是当代国际移民的一个主要决定因素，在移民输出国和接收国都起着推动和拉动作用。从微观角度来看，长寿、经济不稳定和移民也在影响着个人生活以及家庭组织和团结。本文的目的是关注移民及其亲人在个人和家庭领域制定的积累和转移资产的策略，以便应对老年人的需求并应对老年带来的不确定性。为了了解这一现实情况，我们在2006年至2010年期间对西班牙的秘鲁和摩洛哥移民以及两个原籍国的归国移民和亲属进行了深入访谈和焦点小组讨论。两个案例都表明，国家背景以及个人经历和家庭关系决定了年老后在哪里生活、与谁一起生活或依靠什么维持生活。最近，西班牙的经济危机对社会和移民政策产生了负面影响，减少了移民的经济收益，并给人们带来了新的负担，正在影响这些为老年进行的资产积累和转移活动。
