The Lives of Third-Country National Migrant Youth in Europe: Between Perceived Vulnerabilities and Available Resources

The idea for this Special Issue emerged from the Editors’ collaboration on the framework of the European project MIMY: EMpowerment through liquid Integration of Migrant Youth in vulnerable conditions. The main objective of MIMY was to better understand and support the “liquid integration” processes of young (between 18 and 29 years of age) third-country nationals (TCNs) living in nine European countries in vulnerable conditions1. Between 2020 and 2023, the project brought together 14 partner institutions across Europe and researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds to conduct several empirical activities with different actors in 18 local case studies. This Special Issue includes eight contributions, in which MIMY researchers present findings from their local or national case studies (in Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, and Sweden) or compare results cross-nationally (Hungary and Poland, Germany, Norway and Luxembourg). Specifically, each article draws on qualitative empirical activities carried out in the context of MIMY with young TCNs in order to explore their subjective accounts and experiences of integration, vulnerability, and resilience.