Current problems of Europe

Immigration flows to Europe, economic crisis and some aspects of migration theory

Нарочницкая Е.А.

Narochnitskaya E.A. – candidate of sciences (Ph.D in History), Leading researcher, INION, Russian Academy of Sciences, Editor-in-chief, Perspectivy.info.

Abstract

The article analyses the European Union immigration drivers, patterns, rate and structure, putting these themes in the recent economic context. It also challenges some theoretical models and offers suggestions on the understanding of contemporary immigration.

Keywords

Contemporary immigration, migration flows, inflows of migrants to Europe, European Union, economic crisis, unemployment rates, immigration slowdown, immigration growth, factors for immigration, theories of migration, dual (segmented) labour market theory,

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