Migrant Entrepreneurship: A Background Explanation to the European and Spanish Dynamics

Migration is no doubt a global phenomenon, and any country that intends to thrive economically in this present dispensation must accord a high premium to its migration policies. Numerous areas are being explored in the field of migration, but this piece has gravitated exclusively towards the sphere of entrepreneurship. This is a review of the literature that totally encapsulates works that have been initially carried out by scholars in the academic space of migrant entrepreneurship and it has particularly focused on Europe. In this regard, the mixed embeddedness theory by Kloosterman was adopted as the lens through which this work was scientifically projected. Invariably, a broad dissection of various scholarly perspectives on the entirety of migrant entrepreneurship in Europe was established. This work also discusses the historical perspective and the economic opportunities of migration in Europe. In addition, academic publications on the determinants of immigrants' self-employment were analysed in depth.