The Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security and Migration promotes ‘Trajectories’, an initiative to gather the experiences of young Spaniards residing abroad, with the aim of contributing to the design of more effective public policies and adjusted to reality.
The Secretary of State for Migration launches, through the Directorate General for Spanish Citizenship Abroad and Return Policies, the digital and anonymous survey ‘Trajectories’, aimed at young Spaniards between 20 and 39 years old who currently reside outside of Spain. The consultation will be accessible until April 19, 2026, inclusive.
The implementation of the survey will be carried out by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Spain, the United Nations Agency for Migration, whose global experience in migratory matters and in data management and analysis will guarantee a rigorous treatment of the collected information.
The results of the survey will allow to know firsthand the concerns, aspirations, and return expectations of the young Spanish population residing abroad. This will contribute, among other aspects, to facilitate more successful reintegration processes and to strengthen the ties of the Spanish diaspora with the country.
The director general of Spanish Citizenship Abroad and Return Policies, Elena Bernardo Llorente, has stated that “this consultation will allow us to better understand who the young Spaniards living abroad are, what they are experiencing and what they expect for their future. Their voices matter to us and they matter a lot to us”.
For her part, María Jesús Herrera, Head of Mission of IOM in Spain, has also stressed that “listening to their voices allows us to advance in the design of migratory policies that conceive return not only as an opportunity to recover talent, but also as a way to enhance the contribution of young Spaniards to the economic, social, political, and community development of the country.”
Following the compilation of the survey results, IOM will prepare a study based on the rigorous analysis of the information collected through the digital survey and interviews conducted with key informants who can offer expanded information that enriches the results. This study will allow for an integral vision of the profiles and trajectories of young Spanish citizens residing abroad, also analyzing ties with the country of origin, return expectations, and forms of political and associative participation, among other aspects.
The IOM has extensive experience in the collection, analysis, and management of data on human mobility, especially supporting governments worldwide in the design of evidence-based migration policies.
Interested young people can take the survey through the following link: https://ee.kobo.iom.int/x/VDBFWTsG