The multistage nature of labour migration from Eastern and Central Europe

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THE MULTISTAGE NATURE OF LABOUR MIGRATION FROM EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPE
(experience of Ukraine, Poland, United Kingdom and Germany during the 2002-2011 period)

Abstract
This article examines the consequences of the biggest round of EU Enlargement in 2004 on the labour migration flows from the new accession countries (A8) of the Eastern and Central Europe to Western Europe. The main focus of our research is the unique multistage nature of labour migration in the region. As a case study, we take labour migration from Poland to the United Kingdom and Germany and similar processes taking place in the labour migration from Ukraine to Poland. In particular, a new type of migration structure developed reflecting new features of integration stages of new EU Member States. This allows us to apprehend how this type of labour migration, within the multistage model, includes periods of time that take into account the inertia of labour movement. This article examines not only the character of A8 migration flows but also the potential drivers of this migration such as economic, institutional, etc. All processes are examined in the 2002 – 2011 time frame.

Keywords: migration, A-8 countries, multistage nature of migration, labour migration, EU enlargement

Author:

Khrystyna-Fogel

Dr. Khrystyna Fogel, member and researcher of NGO AEI. Khrystyna has been granted an ERASMUS MUNDUS Action 2 scholarship through the BACKIS project financed by the European Commission. She has been working at University of Antwerp (Belgium) as a volunteer PhD student. Currently, her main research topic is problems of migration. Expert of Innovation policy project.

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