The economic crisis which has affected the southern EU countries since 2008 set in motion new migration trends. In the case of Portugal, post‐crisis migrations have been in two main directions: northwards to more prosperous European countries, and southwards to former colonies in Africa, notably the oil‐producing state of Angola. Focusing on this latter migration, the paper is structured around two main questions. First, which migration‐theoretic frameworks can be deployed to explain this new North–South migration flow? Relevant concepts include the notion of Portugal as “semi‐periphery” within European and global migration systems; the role of post‐colonial theory, especially ideas about “coloniality” and “Lusotropicalism”; and the function of myth and racialised discourse in constructing this as a high‐skilled migration. The second question is more empirical and relates to the descriptive characteristics of the Portuguese migration to Angola and to the experiences of the migrants and their Angolan co‐workers and employers. Key here is a deconstruction of the notion of “skill” in Portuguese migrants’ experiences of employment in Angola. The empirical analysis is based on interviews with 45 migrants, their co‐workers and employers, and other key informants.

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“熟练的白车身”：以南北移民为例，在安哥拉的葡萄牙工人

自2008年以来影响欧洲南部国家的经济危机开始推动新的移民趋势。就葡萄牙而言，危机后的移民主要有两个方向：向北向更繁荣的欧洲国家迁移，向南向非洲以前的殖民地迁移，特别是产油国安哥拉。重点关注后一种迁移，本文围绕两个主要问题进行了结构设计。首先，可以使用哪些迁移理论框架来解释这种新的南北迁移流程？相关概念包括葡萄牙在欧洲和全球移民系统中的“半外围国家”概念；后殖民理论的作用，特别是关于“殖民主义”和“亲同主义”的思想；以及神话和种族化话语在将其构建为高技能移民中的作用。第二个问题是经验性的，涉及葡萄牙移民到安哥拉的描述性特征，以及移民及其安哥拉同事和雇主的经历。这里的关键是解构葡萄牙移民在安哥拉的就业经历中的“技能”概念。实证分析基于对45位移民，他们的同事和雇主以及其他重要信息提供者的访谈。