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2020 (English) In: Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 2): Comparing Consular Services and Diaspora Policies / [ed] Jean-Michel Lafleur; Daniela Vintila, Cham: Springer, 2020, p. 161-176Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en] This chapter describes how the Estonian state’s diaspora policy has moved away from being purely culture-centred towards a more business-focused initiative. The policy has undergone few changes during the last decade and still does not focus on social protection. The state does offer basic social protection and consular services by agreement with a few countries, such as the Russian Federation. The lack of Estonian state provided social protection to nationals abroad is counteracted, in some countries, by localized national organizations which the Estonian state may or may not fund. However, an important shift is taking place in the provision of Estonian language courses and cultural programmes to support returnees and their non-Estonian family members.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Cham: Springer, 2020
Series
IMISCOE Research Series, ISSN 2364-4087, E-ISSN 2364-4095
National Category
Sociology
Identifiers urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-44869 (URN) 10.1007/978-3-030-51245-3_9 (DOI) 2-s2.0-85101550683 (Scopus ID) 978-3-030-51244-6 (ISBN)978-3-030-51247-7 (ISBN)978-3-030-51245-3 (ISBN)
Projects Migration and Transnational Social Protection in (Post)Crisis Europe (MiTSoPro)
Funder EU, Horizon 2020, 680014The Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies, 34/2017
2021-04-072021-04-072025-10-07 Bibliographically approved