Mobility in Transition
Migration Patterns after EU Enlargement
Izabela Grabowska-Lusinska
Aimee Kuvik
Birgit Glorius
9789089643926
332 pages
Amsterdam University Press
Overview
This volume presents new research on post-accession migration from Central and Eastern Europe in the short period since the EU enlargements of 2004 and 2007. Explanations of post-accession migration patterns, trends and mechanisms delve into the complexities of these phenomena. New groups of migrants and types of migrations are identified -- such as young migrants, often students or graduates, without family obligations and without clear plans concerning their future life. Case studies on Poland, Romania, Hungary and Latvia as well as the United Kingdom and Germany – being major destination countries – divulge the multifaceted nature of transition, whether in the form of labour migration, short-term mobility (including among international students) or return migration. The volume insightfully points towards future migration trends and sets guidelines for further research.
Author Bio
Izabela Grabowska-Lusinska is a research fellow at the Centre of Migration Research at the University of Warsaw and director of the Institute of Sociology at the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities.
Aimee Kuvik is a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research and Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Birgit Glorius is associate professor of human geography of Central Eastern Europe at Chemnitz University of Technology.
