Kemper F.-J. (2004) Internal migration in eastern and western Germany: convergence or divergence of spatial trends after unification?, Regional Studies38, 659-678. Before unification, internal migration systems in East and West Germany were different. Whereas the East had been characterized by...

In Germany, and particularly in Berlin, the fall of the Wall in 1989 and the years following reunification were accompanied by a large influx of immigrants. These 'new' migrants in Berlin are added to the long-resident guestworker population in the western part of the city. This paper...