LOCKDOWN LIFE IN THE DIASPORA: A CASE STUDY OF THE ROMANIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UK
LOCKDOWN LIFE IN THE DIASPORA: A CASE STUDY OF THE ROMANIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UK
Author(s): Andrada PetracheSubject(s): Anthropology, Civil Society, Sociology, Labor relations, Health and medicine and law, Inter-Ethnic Relations, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: Scoala Nationala de Studii Politice si Administrative (SNSPA)
Keywords: Brexit; Covid-19; diaspora; pandemic; Romania; UK;
Summary/Abstract: This research aims to shed light on the Romanian diaspora’s experience of the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK, a global pandemic experienced by all, yet not under the same restrictions or with the same challenges. It looks at how the Romanians rate their experience of the pandemic in the UK, while also considering the wider context of Brexit, by focusing on aspects such as level of satisfaction with governmental measures, the impact on their professional activity and the intention to return to their home country. Quantitative and qualitative questionnaires reveal that despite having gone through it far from their family and friends back in Romania, Romanians in the UK did not find the experience of the pandemic overwhelmingly negative, nor did it determine a trend of return migration, despite the broader, overlapping context of Brexit.
Journal: Europolity - Continuity and Change in European Governance
- Issue Year: 17/2023
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 147-167
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English