Circular Migration of Live-ins in Germany
( 2010 ), which would help to structure the transcriptions and answer the research questions . Subsequently , the content of the interviews and interesting quotes were summarized according to the codes . This summary in the form of a table facilitated the analysis , as all statements made during the interviews concerning one topic were listed in a clearly arranged manner .
Results Live-ins and Circular Migration
In cases of the live-ins , the legal grounds of the arrangements are often built on circularity . The live-ins are employed by the agency in their countries of origin and can only work in Germany for a limited amount of time . In order for the placements to take place within the jurisdiction of the freedom of services the temporary nature of the assignment has to be established from the beginning and workers have to keep the center of their lives in their countries of origin , meaning that they still have to be registered there ( IHK Berlin 2013 ). This impossibility to relocate the center of life to Germany further enhances the circularity as they keep their personal lives in their home countries . This separation of the private and the professional in two spatial spheres is also reflected in the following statement of one informant .
Yes , we were looking forward to the new one and of course also said goodbye to the old one with tears in our eyes , but okay , well , they also still have their private lives . ( Family member who
employed a live-in )
When one interviewee was asked why some could not stay longer she explained that most of the live-ins had family at home and that they wanted to go back to see them . What is intriguing about the circularity of live-ins is that even though the profession is built on the re-entry of migrants , the term circular migration is not mentioned in policy debates around the topic . When we talked to a representative of the Federal Employment Agency , we were told that there is no mention of live-ins in the context of circular migration . In their experience , in the EU policy documents , circular migration is used only in the context of the migration of “ skilled ” workers .
Organization of Live-in Employment
In the case of live-ins there are several actors who have an influence on the employment situation ; the person they take care of and their families ( among which there might also be conflicting interests ), the agency in Germany and the legal employer , the agency in the sending countries . As many actors are involved , organizational issues are complex . The following part aims at exploring these complexities and tries to give some insight into how each employer impacts the employment situation of live-ins .
The length of stays of the liveins varied in general , but in practice in the two care settings , none of the liveins stayed longer than 3 months , while some even only stayed for 14 days . These shorter stays took place especially in the transition period in the beginning . The representatives of the agencies both portrayed the length of the respective
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