ABSTRACT
International migration flows to the Southern European countries of Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain (henceforth referred to as Southern Europe) have increased considerably since the late 1980s. As a result, all Southern European countries have evolved from senders of migrants to migrant receivers and permanent migrant destinations. A crucial dimension of this international process is the engagement of migrants in agricultural employment often connected with their settlement in rural regions where they seem to undertake a ‘multifunctional’ role surpassing agriculture itself.
