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On the basis of data collected by the RETTRANS survey (2011–2012) on Bolivian migrants living in Spain, this article aims to identify the influence of the 2008 economic crisis on the determinants marking the migrants' return intention. In this regard, there is a need to incorporate the concept of double embeddedness based on migrants' social networks (meso level), the way migration is imbricated in persons' lives (micro level); and how, at a macro level, economic and social transformations of different contexts affect these decisions. The article highlights that unexpected changes in living conditions trigger a reconfiguration of these mixed factors that condition return intentions.

Los movimientos migratorios procedentes del resto de España constituyen la base del crecimiento de la población catalana hasta la década de los 1970s. En los últimos años se ha iniciado un nuevo flujo migratorio procedente de países no comunitarios que, lejos de estabilizarse, se ha acelerado, diversificado y extendido a todo el territorio. Sin lugar a dudas, el gobierno de la Generalitat de Catalunya cuenta con una larga trayectoria en el desarrollo de políticas de inmigración, que arranca con el PLA INTERDEPARTAMENTAL D'IMMIGRACIÓ (1993-2000). Sin embargo, el tercer y último plan, el PLA DE CIUTADANIA I IMMIGRACIÓ 2005-2008, aunque con una voluntad continuista, introduce novedades tanto conceptualmente como en cuanto a las líneas estratégicas. Entre dichas novedades destacan el lenguaje de la ciudadanía residente, la incorporación de la identidad como criterio a la hora de orientar las políticas o el establecimiento de líneas prioritarias en correlación con los objetivos políticos. Si bien se trata de un plan marcado por la incertidumbre política y que todavía no puede ser evaluado en su impacto, el artículo reflexiona sobre cómo las directrices y contenidos del Plan pretenden consolidar la denominada "vía catalana" de integración. ; Migratory movements from the rest of Spain were the foundation for Catalonia's population growth until 70s. In the last years, we assist to the beginning of a new wave of immigration from non communitarian countries, which, far from becoming stable, has increased, diversified and extended throughout the territory. Certainly, the Government of the Generalitat has a long history of developing policies on immigration, with the first Interdepartmental Immigration Plan (1993-2000) in 1993. Nevertheless, the third and last Plan, The Citizenship and Immigration Plan (2005-2008), although it maintains coherence with some of the containts and guidelines of previous plans, it introduces important innovations, as well as a new concept of citizenship based on residence, the incorporation of identity as a criteria to define policies or the definition of areas for priority action. Although this plan has been marked for political uncertainty and it can't be evaluated yet, in the article we discuss how the principles of the plan want to consolidate the named "catalan way" of integration.

El artículo analiza una subvención enfocada en promover la formalización del sector de cuidados domiciliarios, iniciativa pionera en España impulsada por la Secretaría de Igualdad, Migraciones y Ciudadanía de la Generalitat de Catalunya en 2020. El texto reflexiona sobre las características del modelo de gestión de los cuidados en España, que se retroalimenta de la violencia institucional asociada a la condición de extranjeras de las mujeres migrantes, para garantizar mano de obra femenina en condiciones de precariedad. A partir de un diseño metodológico que incluye una fase cuantitativa y otra cualitativa, se analiza la implementación e incidencia de la subvención en las trayectorias de las mujeres migrantes y en las personas empleadoras, así como las principales resistencias y obstáculos. Los resultados muestran que, si bien es una estrategia es eficaz para sensibilizar e impulsar la regularización del sector, no es capaz de revertir las formas de violencia institucional.

AbstractThe use of mixed methods to deal with the complexity of remittance motivations is still infrequent. This paper uses statistical and qualitative data and provides evidence on the conceptual framework for understanding remittance behaviour proposed by the scholar Jørgen Carling. Carling's 'remittance scripts' understand remittances as multifaceted transactions and enrich the assessment of the relationship between remittances and development at origin. We use quantitative and qualitative data, both extracted from an ethnosurvey conducted in Spain, to shed light on the situation of transnational Bolivian immigrants after the economic crisis of 2008. We argue that the transactions are best represented by the necessity to provide for the recipients' basic needs. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

With the passing of Royal Decree-Law 16/2012, Spain's national health system switched from a model defined by universal and free health care principles, to a private insurance system that excluded large population groups. Based on a qualitative research design, this paper examines the media treatment of undocumented immigrants¿ prerogatives to public health care in Spain (2012¿2018). The analysis of 234 articles, drawn from three major Spanish newspapers, reveals three frames that underscore the media's "rhetorics of inclusion," which argue for the extension of free medical services to irregular immigrantsa topic traditionally underestimated by the literature. The moralist frame, supported by social justice arguments, is found in tandem with the cost-benefit frame that advocates for immigrants¿ health care access as a means for containing medical expenses. The overall predominance of the legalist frame largely relies on arguments that reflect a Spanish political culture rooted in the universality of health rights.