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What kind of aspirations do these young people put forward, and do they have the capabilities and resources available to realize these aspirations (de Haas, 2021), in terms of where (they imagine) they will live in the future? Based on their narratives, we have distinguished three prevalent imagined trajectories: (a) \u201creturning\u201d to their parents\u2019 country of origin, (b) onward (intra-European Union (EU)) mobility or remigration to a third country or (c) remaining in Portugal. 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