TY - JOUR
T1 - Ethnicity, Citizenship, and the Migration-Development Nexus
T2 - The Case of Moroccan Migrants in Spain's North African Exclaves
AU - Karell, Daniel
PY - 2014/8
Y1 - 2014/8
N2 - In this paper, I conduct a paired comparative analysis of the Moroccan migrant communities in two Spanish cities, Ceuta and Melilla, to examine how migrants' sub-national ethnic heritage influences their relationships with their host country and country of origin. Conducting an ecological inferential analysis of citizenship rates, I find evidence that ethnic heritage, Arab in Ceuta and Amazigh in Melilla, affects whether Moroccan migrants become Spanish citizens. As a result, I posit that ethnic heritage has the potential to affect migrants' relationships with their host and origin countries, as well as their transnational behaviour and participation in the migration-development nexus.
AB - In this paper, I conduct a paired comparative analysis of the Moroccan migrant communities in two Spanish cities, Ceuta and Melilla, to examine how migrants' sub-national ethnic heritage influences their relationships with their host country and country of origin. Conducting an ecological inferential analysis of citizenship rates, I find evidence that ethnic heritage, Arab in Ceuta and Amazigh in Melilla, affects whether Moroccan migrants become Spanish citizens. As a result, I posit that ethnic heritage has the potential to affect migrants' relationships with their host and origin countries, as well as their transnational behaviour and participation in the migration-development nexus.
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U2 - 10.1080/00220388.2014.895814
DO - 10.1080/00220388.2014.895814
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84905752646
SN - 0022-0388
VL - 50
SP - 1090
EP - 1103
JO - Journal of Development Studies
JF - Journal of Development Studies
IS - 8
ER -