How Migrants Choose their Destinations

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.

Autorentext

Dominika Pszczó kowska is an Assistant Professor at the Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Inhalt

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