Migración de retorno luso-venezolana a Portugal Estudio documental sobre identidad y pertenencia

Resumen

This study examines the return migration of Luso-Venezuelans to Portugal as both a socio-historical and contemporary process shaped by the Venezuelan crisis, citizenship regimes, and logics of identity and belonging.Using a documentary and bibliographic methodology, it triangulates academic literature, institutional reports, and legal frameworks (Portuguese Nationality Law; Programa Regressar), alongside statistics from AIMA/SEF, INE, and EUAA/Eurostat.It reconstructs the formation of the Luso-Venezuelan diaspora, reviews frameworks on return migration, transnationalism, and roots migration, analyzes the recent impact of the Venezuelan crisis, and compares institutional responses in the EU, Spain, Italy, and France.The central finding is that return does not close the migratory cycle; it entails an administrative, sociocultural, and symbolic reconfiguration negotiated in a "third space."The study proposes a typology of frictions (linguistic-pragmatic; institutionalprocedural; symbolic-communitarian; territorial) and an operational indicator of return -combining country of birth, previous residence, date of arrival/first authorization, and nationality changes-aligned with UN/Eurostat standards and useful for longitudinal follow-up.Limitations include reliance on secondary sources and undercoverage of returnees holding Portuguese citizenship.The analysis is delimited to 2015-2025, coinciding with intensified returns and the availability of comparable series.In sum, citizenship by descent and return-support measures facilitate stabilization, but their effectiveness depends on administrative execution, rapid recognition of qualifications, and the strengthening of local, EU-cofinanced support devices.The study offers conceptual and operational bases to shorten insertion times and to foster mutual recognition across Portuguese territory.