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Migration and Immigrants in Europe: A Historical and Demographic Perspective
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In this chapter we outline the general developments of migration within and towards Europe as well as patterns of settlement of migrants. We provide a comprehensive historical overview of the changes in European migration since the 1950s. Main phases in immigration, its backgrounds, and its determinants across the continent are described making use of secondary literature and data. Different European regions are covered in the analyses, based on available statistics and an analysis of secondary material. This allows us to distinguish between different origins of migrants as well as migration motives. In addition to migration from outside Europe this chapter pays ample attention to patterns of mobility within Europe. The analyses cover the individual level with as much detail as possible with the available statistics and particularly take the demographic characteristics of migrants into account. The analyses on flows of migration are supplemented by a sketch of the residing immigrant population across Europe. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Van Mol, C., & de Valk, H.
- Venue
- IMISCOE Research Series
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Published
- 2016
- Pages
- 31-55
- ISSN
- 2364-4087 (ISSN-L)
- 2364-4095
- OpenAlex
- W2173459095
- Cited by
- 246
- References
- 61
- Citations by year
- 2026: 19 · 2025: 20 · 2024: 27 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 36 · 2020: 25 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 19 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 5
- FWCI
- 68.44
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- IMISCOE research series (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- KNAW research portal (Royal Academy of Art and Sciences (KNAW)) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (publishedVersion)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- VUBIR (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) (submittedVersion)
- University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (263829)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Italian Social Issues and Migration
- Keywords
- European migration, immigration history, internal migration, migrant settlement patterns, migration determinants, migration motives, migrant origins, demographic characteristics of migrants, immigrants, migration flows
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