The Greek economic crisis resulted in tens of thousands of Albanian migrants returning to their home country. Amongst the returnees were many second-generation children of the immigrants, who either returned with their families or relocated as individuals, leaving family members in Greece. Since the second generation were brought up in Greece they are not true returnees; we call their movement ‘relocation’ rather than return. Based on in-depth interviews with 158 second-generation ‘relocatees’ aged 18–35, we ask: How are the second generation's future aspirations in the ancestral homeland shaped by family bonds, sociocultural factors and employment and business options there? Among the themes that emerge from our analysis are issues of agency, youth mobility, economic survival, hybrid and dual identities, and feelings of belonging. In their (re)integration, relocatees face both economic and emotional challenges. Our key finding is that, despite the need to escape unemployment and loss of livelihood in Greece, the young-adult second generation struggles to settle in Albania, above all due to what they see as the challenging sociocultural and infrastructural environment. Women, especially, bemoan the loss of freedom that they enjoyed in Greece. Most relocatees want to go back to Greece when the economic situation there improves.

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血统与机构的相互作用：从希腊移居的第二代阿尔巴尼亚青年面临的挑战、限制和选择

希腊经济危机导致数万名阿尔巴尼亚移民返回祖国。海归者中不乏移民二代子女，他们或随家人返回，或以个人身份移居希腊，将家人留在希腊。由于第二代是在希腊长大的，他们并不是真正的海归者。我们称他们的移动为“搬迁”而不是返回。基于对158名年龄在18-35岁的“移民二代”的深度访谈，我们提出这样的问题：家庭纽带、社会文化因素以及就业和商业选择如何塑造了移民二代对祖籍地的未来抱负？我们分析中出现的主题包括能动性、青年流动性、经济生存、混合和双重身份以及归属感等问题。在融入（重新）融入过程中，移民面临着经济和情感上的挑战。我们的主要发现是，尽管需要摆脱希腊的失业和生计损失，年轻的第二代人仍难以在阿尔巴尼亚定居，这首先是由于他们认为充满挑战的社会文化和基础设施环境。尤其是女性，她们为失去在希腊享有的自由而哀叹。大多数移民希望在希腊经济形势好转时返回希腊。