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Migration from Post-Soviet countries to Poland and the Baltic States: trends and features
- Source :
- Baltic Region, Vol 13, Iss 4, Pp 79-94 (2021), Baltic Region
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 2021.
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Abstract
- This article aims to analyse migration from the post-Soviet space to the northeastern periphery of the EU (Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) and examine the hypothesis about these states, once countries of origin, turning into destinations for migrants. A change in the socio-economic paradigm and accession to the EU sped up economic development in the Baltics and Poland. Despite growing welfare and income levels and a decline in the unemployment rate, further economic growth was hampered by the outflow of skilled workforce and resulting labour shortages. In response, the governments of the Baltics and Poland drew up programmes to attract international labour. Soon these countries transformed from exporters of labour into importers. Unlike Western European countries, Poland and, to a lesser extent, the Baltic States are trying to attract migrants from neighbouring nations with similar cultural and linguistic backgrounds. In the long run, this strategy will facilitate migrant integration into the recipient society. The Polish and Lithuanian governments are devising measures to encourage ethnic Poles and Lithuanians to repatriate from post-Soviet republics. To achieve the aim of the study, we investigate the features of migration flows, trends in migration, migration policies of recipient countries, and the evolution of diaspora policies.
- Subjects :
- Baltic States
History
Sociology and Political Science
Geography, Planning and Development
Raumplanung und Regionalforschung
Integration
diaspora
migration
baltic states
Regional economics. Space in economics
diaspora policy
international migration
Rückwanderung
Estland
ddc:710
internationale Wanderung
economic development (on national level)
Städtebau, Raumplanung, Landschaftsgestaltung
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
UdSSR-Nachfolgestaat
Polen
USSR successor state
Area Development Planning, Regional Research
Lettland
remigration
estonia
Baltikum
ddc:300
migration policy
General Economics, Econometrics and Finance
karta polaka
Cultural Studies
Estonia
Litauen
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Migrationspolitik
post-soviet space
post-Soviet space
Karta Polaka
repatriates
manpower
lithuania
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Landscaping and area planning
latvia
Lithuania
Latvia
recruitment
Arbeitskräfte
HT388
Rekrutierung
poland
Poland
EU
eu
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23100524 and 20798555
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Baltic Region
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....b1bf63a179b3e5d0eca024cc4ccedb6f