The current situation on the Ukrainian labour market is not only characterised by a high rate of unemployment, but also by low-wage jobs with relatively severe requirements from potential employers. The intensive labour migration from Ukraine is forced by factors such as lower standards of...

List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Professional women migrants becoming care assistants -- A homework methodology for researching migrant women's lives -- A place of settlement and upheaval : carers cruising Cumbria -- An upgraded care industry depends upon skilled migrant workers -- The...