To achieve the goals of this Research Area, a combination of methodological tools have been adopted, including:
– Policy analysis
– Quantitative analysis of several existing database, such as Eurostat, the Schengen visa, the MAFE Survey, the Immigrant Citizens Survey and specific surveys considering legal trajectories in France (ELIPA), Spain and the United Kingdom
– Quantitative analysis of data produced by other teams of the TEMPER Project, on the legal trajectories of seasonal workers
– Qualitative interviews with Ukrainian migrants in Italy and in Spain, who became visa over-stayers after their arrival to the country
– Qualitative interviews academics in France and the UK, who arrived to the country with a student visa
For the fieldwork with visa over-stayers, interviews include questions on:
– The situation before the departure from the home country
– The circumstances of the departure from the home country
– Migration from Ukraine to Spain
– The legal trajectories in the receiving country
– The role of networks and family ties