Recent Trends and Major Issues in International Migration

Central and East European Perspectives

Bibliographic Data

ID7811054
AuthorsMarek Okolski (0000-0001-7167-1731, University of Warsaw, corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume52
Issue165
Pages329-341
Publication date2000-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Science Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8701 • E-ISSN: 1468-2451
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2451.00263
OpenAlexW2130654874
LanguageEN
Citations received5

Until the late 1980s Central and Eastern Europe was a region relatively isolated from the other parts of the world. Flows of people between the countries, even inside the region, were rather small and sporadic, due to administrative restrictions on foreign travel. Contrary to what was feared in the West around 1990, it has not been flooded by East Europeans newly equipped with the freedom of movement. Indeed, the out‐flow of groups such as ethnic minorities, political opponents, and elites, has diminished. Nevertheless, at least three very dramatic and partly unexpected migration movements have occurred in the region. First: an unprecedented intensification of international flows within the region. Second: an influx of people from outside the region. Third: westbound transit. These three phenomena have a direct and sometimes con‐siderable impact on the countries undergoing the migration flows, provoking in them particular political responses

Development economics · East-Central Europe · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Freedom of movement · Geography · Irregular migration · Political economy · Political science · Politics · European Politics and Security · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Regional Socio-Economic Development Trends

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