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Migration aspirations in relation to border closures, employment opportunities and risk-taking attitudes: lessons from an online survey experiment

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Elçi, Ezgi

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This article investigates the effect of structural and individual factors on migration aspirations in a secondary migration context. Through an online survey experiment conducted with Syrian migrants (N = 551) living in Turkey, we unpack factors explaining aspirations to stay and move onward from the current country of residence. The findings indicate that open borders alone do not compel migrants to move onward. Instead, employment opportunities in their current residence play a crucial role in shaping aspirations to stay put. Moreover, individuals inclined to take risks are more likely to migrate, even when strict border controls are in place. By highlighting the question of what motivates migrants to stay as well as to move onward, this research emphasizes individual differences in forming migration aspirations and contributes to migration aspirations literature in the secondary migration context.

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Routledge Journals; Taylor and Francis

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Demography, Ethnic studies

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Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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10.1080/1369183X.2024.2383713

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