Each of these sources used similar research methodologies that were based on combination and triangulation of techniques. MENA migration in Spain has been historically understood from the viewpoint of traditional migration analysis and as a result of family strategies led mainly by adult male providers. However, without overlooking the influence of family socialization on migration processes, one also cannot ignore the perspective of the youths themselves as migratory actors and occasionally as autonomous subjects with their own strategies and decisions regarding the act of migrating.
La migración de MENA en España ha sido entendida históricamente desde el análisis tradicional de las migraciones y como resultado de estrategias familiares lideradas principalmente por varones adultos proveedores, pero sin dudar de la influencia que la familia tiene a través de sus pautas socializadoras en los procesos migratorios, no se puede ignorar la propia perspectiva de los jóvenes como actores migratorios y en ocasiones sujetos autónomos, con estrategias y decisiones propias hacia la acción de migrar.