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192 AEMI JOURNAL 2015 2016
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Notes
1 Personal translation
2 The debate appears to be controversial for researches
(Fondazione Migrantes, 2013 & 2014), the public
and political debate, and people themselves do not
always refer to the young emigration flow as composed
by escaping brains. Indeed, on the one hand
the political debate stresses both the provisional
and permanent nature of the mobility. On the
other hand, the young people I spoke with highlight
that the decision to go abroad could be determined
for both necessity and desire. A necessity
often pushed by the desire of having recognized
one’s own abilities.
3 I am referring to the young people who recently
moved to Belgium as the new first generation to
acknowledge their potential to permanently settle
in the country. Indeed, some of the participants
seem to consider it as a possible option for the near
future, and some already have a Belgian partner.
4
A.I.R.E. is the acronym for the Anagrafe Italiani
Residenti all’estero (General Register Office of the
Italians residing abroad).
5 The extent of the Italians living out of Italy may
be even more. In fact, the percentages above mentioned
do not take into consideration a part of
the current mobility flows. Indeed, it is possible
to assume that a portion of the intra- European
mobility is left aside, for people recently moved
to Belgium not necessarily cancel their Italian residence
nor communicate their new foreign living
address to the A.I.R.E.
6 An inspection of different sources reveals contrasting
data. In fact, according to the 2014 MAE (the
Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs)’s report, the
Italians residing in Belgium amount to 266.168.
7 For insightful investigations and reflections on origins
and developments of the notion: (Burgos,
1969), (Brann, 1991) and (Durand, 1969 &
1999).