Inhalt: "Around seven per cent of the total population living in the EU Member States are born outside of the EU, and half of them are women and girls. Work, study and reuniting with family members, as well as different forms of persecution, are common reasons motivating both women and men to migrate and live in other countries. Migration can bring new opportunities to migrants and their families. Especially in societies where women are limited in their mobility decisions, the act of migration, when voluntary, is in itself empowering. It may stimulate change in the women themselves and in the sending and receiving societies. However, there is also an adverse side to migration. [...]"
Schlagwörter:asylum seeker; EU; gender-based violence; integration policy; Migration; Refugee; women migrants
CEWS Kategorie:Demographie und Bevölkerungsfragen, Europa und Internationales
Dokumenttyp:Graue Literatur, Bericht
