[Discussion] New on-line book: D. Pop (Ed.), New Patterns of Labour Migration in Central and Eastern Europe. Cluj Napoca.

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D. Pop (Ed.), New Patterns of Labour Migration in Central and Eastern
Europe. Cluj Napoca, Romania: AMM Design.


This volume comprises articles presented at the seminar entitled New
Patterns of Labour Migration in Central and Eastern Europe, organized by
the Public Policy Centre in Cluj Napoca, between 15 =96 19 July 2004. The
thirty-five participants from fourteen Central and Eastern European
countries included academics, practitioners, and NGO researchers. The
discussions focused on four main aspects:

    =95 Are Eastern European labour markets different from Westerns
European ones? If yes, in what sense?

    =95 In what way will increasing inter-country economic discrepancies
affect migration patterns within Eastern Europe and Europe in general?

    =95 What are the effects of labour migration on local economies? Who
are the migrants? What does brain drain imply?

    =95 Can development occur under conditions of labour migration?

Paper presentations and the discussions following them showed that
migration trends in the region had changed significantly over the past
fifteen years. The main conclusions of the seminar regarding voluntary
labour migratory trends in the region of Central and Eastern Europe are
as follows:

    =95 The region is divided into three sub-regions. Some of the countri=
es
from the region are mainly targets of labour migration, e.g. the Checz
Republic and Hungary. Other countries have become large sources of
labour migration, e.g. Romania, Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova, and
Bulgaria. There are countries with mixed migratory experience such as
the Baltic States or the Slovak Republic.

    =95 Labour migration is a complex socio-economic phenomenon that
influences social development. For instance, remittances in some
countries surpass the value of foreign direct investment. In this
respect the cases of Albania, Bulgaria, and Romania were discussed.
Also, temporary labour migration has an influence on the political
attitudes and behaviour of citizens.

    =95 Migration occurs at all levels, labour migrants including skilled=
,
professional, and non-skilled labour migrates. Still, different
migration strategies can be identified across professional groups.
Highly skilled labour generally chooses legal migration, while low
skilled labour engages mostly in illegal labour migration.


We would like to thank the Open Society Foundation East East Partnership
Beyond Borders Program for the generous donation that made this seminar
possible. We would also like to thank the participants who contributed
to the success of the meeting.

We are pleased to publish this volume of labour migration in Central and
Eastern Europe.

Daniel Pop
Executive Director
Public Policy Centre, Romania
www.cenpo.ro

The papers included in the volume are the following:

Romanian labour migration and citizenship
Gabriel Badescu, Babes-Bolyai University, Romania

Romanian migration to Spain. Motivation, networks and strategies
Ana Bleahu, Institute for Quality of Life, Romanian Academy, Romania

In search of new guidelines for East-West European migration in the
light of EU=92s =93Wider Europe =96 Neighborhood=94 policy (the case of t=
he
Republic of Moldova)
Eugeniu Burdelnii, Moldova State University

Asymmetric Shocks Across European Monetary Union: Can Labor Mobility Act
as an Adjustment Mechanism?
Mihai Copaciu, Central European University, Hungary

Labour Migration in Lithuania
Boguslavas Gruzevskis, Institute of Labour and Social Research, Lithuania

Human Resource Policy Implications of Workforce Migration in
High-quality Clothing Industry in the Central Region of Romania
G=E1bor Kolumb=E1n, Sapientia University

Migrants as agents of development: Albanian return migrants and
micro-enterprise
Beryl Nicholson

Brain Drain and Brain Gain: A New Perspective on Highly Skilled Migration
Catalina Andreea Panescu, Diplomatic Academy, Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Romania

Labor Market of Ukraine and its Migration Potential in Social Dimension
Irina Pribytkova, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Science of
Ukraine, Ukraine

Temporary Migration of Transylvanian Roma to Hungary
Cerasela Voiculescu, National School of Political and Administrative
Sciences, Romania

Migration Intentions of Health Care Professionals: the Case of Estonia
Andres V=F5rk, Epp Kallaste, Marit Priinits, PRAXIS Center for Policy
Studies, Estonia