Abstract

The article addresses contemporary forms of European emigration more specifically of Belgian and French ‘second-generation’ migrant youngsters of Maghrebi background leaving Europe for Montreal (Canada). Building on an ethnographic field research conducted in France, Belgium and Montreal over a period of four years, this article explores the aspirations that participants pursued through migration and how these aspirations evolved in the course of the migration trajectory. This article describes young Maghrebi European’s experiences as unfolding in different configurations of hope distribution in Europe and Canada. While the emergence of emigration desires is connected with the shrinking hope for desirable futures in Europe, moving to Montreal is experienced as an opening of new hopes albeit with mixed results in terms of actual economic or professional upward mobility.

摘要

本文介绍了欧洲移民的当代形式，尤其是比利时和法国马格里比背景下的“第二代”移民年轻人（他们从欧洲前往蒙特利尔（加拿大））。本文基于四年来在法国，比利时和蒙特利尔进行的人种学实地研究，探讨了参与者通过迁移追求的抱负以及这些抱负在迁移轨迹中如何演变。本文将欧洲青年马格里比的经历描述为在欧洲和加拿大以不同的希望分布形式展现的经历。尽管移民愿望的出现与人们对欧洲理想期货的希望不断减少有关，