Countries in Central and Eastern Europe seem to be slower than other European countries in reversing their migration character - from net emigration to net immigration. In the past, migratory movements were governed by political events and institutional constraints that impeded free access to...

This study explores the expansion of migration from countries of Eastern Europe in the period following their accession to the European Union in 2004-07. It includes new empirical case studies of migration patterns based on recent field research, as well as analysis of existing statistical data

A Continent Moving West? argues that the conceptualization of migration as a one-way or long-term process is becoming increasingly wide of the mark. Rather, east-west labor migration in Europe, in common perhaps with other flows in and from other parts of the world, is diverse, fluid, and...