The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004 …. Following enlargement, the net inflow of EU8 immigrants has become 2.5 times larger than the four-year period before enlargement …. Poles constitute the largest immigrant group among the EU8 immigrants: since enlargement, 63% of all immigrants and 71% of …

The eastern enlargements of the European Union (EU) and the extension of the free movement of workers to the new member … states' citizens, the need for adjustment became ever more important during the Great Recession, which affected EU member … states unevenly. This chapter studies whether and how east-west migration flows in an enlarged EU responded to institutional …