449 | Dual nature of circular migration: conceptual and policy challenges

The contribution deals with the international circular migration which has globally become a buzzword in scientific, political, and administrative circles since the new century. We concentrate on a general inner feature of the phenomenon which is the common root of false ideas and measures surrounding human circulation, namely their dual nature. The literature echoes wide variety of conceptualisations of international circular migration. However, the investigation and application of double characteristic is absent. On one hand, circular migration is a type of migration as a simple event, on the other hand that is a repeat process or a complete system. First aim of the presentation is to discuss the event-system dilemma in general and to provide an illustration with empirical evidence come from Hungary in particular. Moreover, the authors try to contribute to the clarification of the general concept of human circular mobilities to foster scholars for sophisticated thinking and stakeholders for adequate policy making in global, regional, national, and local levels. As second aim, we we propose the core elements of a new legal status by national scale, namely circulator, which is a common challenge for scientists and practitioners dealing with the arena of circular mobilities.

Sándor ILLÉS – Éva GELLÉR-LUKÁCS – Brigitta ZSÓTÉR – Péter SIMONYI
Independent researcher, Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest), University of Szeged, Retired researcher

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ID Abstract: 449