1st Edition
How Migrants Choose Their Destinations Factors Influencing Post-EU Accession Choices and Decisions to Remain
By Dominika Pszczółkowska
Copyright 2024
218 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
218 Pages
3 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
This book reveals how decisions regarding where to migrate are made, what factors are considered, how these change over time and why some destinations are more attractive to certain categories of people.
Based on rich existent, and new data, the book explains the destination choices of Polish migrants to the four most frequently chosen destinations countries: the UK, Ireland, Germany and the... Read more
Introduction
1. Two decades of East–West migration in the enlarged European Union
2. Push and pull factors of post-accession migrations from Poland
3. Why are theories of migration so poor at explaining destination choice?
4. Recruiting respondents and conducting qualitative migration research online
5. The United Kingdom: where the wild things were
6. Ireland: Where the calm things were
7. Germany: The convenient life near home
8. The Netherlands: The second-best destination
9. Reasons to remain: Liquid migrants seeking solid lives
10. Conclusions
Biography
Dominika Pszczółkowska is an Assistant Professor at the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland.
