Abstract

This article examines young Europeans’ emigration from Europe. Qualitative interviews with mostly white Europeans in Singapore and Tokyo reveal how these young migrants’ motility, or “potential to move”, enables them to migrate through largely overlooked channels. Fear of immobility in Europe triggers these highly-educated Europeans’ existential and physical mobility to Asia where they compete with host-country nationals and non-white migrants for jobs. Categorization into three types of access to employment unpacks the complexity behind graduates’ mobility trajectories out of the European labor market and demonstrates their rising precariousness in post-Lehman shock Europe and their changing bargaining power in the world.

摘要

本文考察了欧洲年轻人从欧洲移民的情况。在新加坡和东京对大多数白人欧洲人进行的定性采访显示，这些年轻移民的动力或“迁徙潜力”使他们能够通过很大程度上被忽视的渠道进行移民。对欧洲动荡的恐惧引发了这些受过高等教育的欧洲人向亚洲的生存和身体流动，在那里他们与东道国国民和非白人移民竞争就业。分为三种类型的就业机会，揭示了毕业生离开欧洲劳动力市场后的流动轨迹所面临的复杂性，并显示出他们在雷曼兄弟（Lehman）震撼后的欧洲日益不稳定，在世界范围内的议价能力也在不断变化。