From a receiving to a sending nation: Latvia's new role in the European migration landscape

Krisjane, Z., University of Latvia, Riga . Dept. of Human Geography

From a receiving to a sending nation: Latvia's new role in the European migration landscape

2008

Krisjane, Z., University of Latvia, Riga (Latvia). Dept. of Human Geography

Forty years after World War II, Latvia was an attractive receiving country for migrants from other regions of the USSR because of job opportunities and a higher standard of living. Migration changed the ethnic, gender and age structure of Latvia s population, as well as its economic profile. Since the mid-1990s, the direction of migration has changed from the post-Soviet space to the West. After Latvia joined the European Union and thus enjoyed the free movement of people, as well as access to the labour markets of several old EU member states, migration changed. Latvia, which used to be a receiving country for migrants, has become the sending country. This article describes how the policies of various political regimes have affected the migration pattern and direction as well recent migration flows in Latvia.

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AGROVOC Keywords

demografia demographie demography dynamique des populations economic situation european union histoire historia history human population labour market latvia letonia lettonie mercado del trabajo migration political systems population dynamics population humaine recherche research statistical data urss ussr

Bibliographic information

Published in

Humanities and social sciences: Latvia (Latvia)

Issue 154/2008 ISSN 1022-4483

Publisher

University of Latvia;Institute of economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences

Pagination

p. 72-89

Other Subjects

Situation economique; Datos estadisticos; Investigacion; Sistemas politicos; Situacion economica; Migracion; Union europeenne; Poblacion humana; Marche du travail; Systeme politique; Union europea; Donnee statistique; Dinamica de poblaciones

Language

English

Note

Summary (En)

Creator variant: Krišjāne, Z.

1 table, 3 fig., 37 ref.

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Summary

Source

Population processes and policies, Eglite, P..- Riga (Latvia): University of Latvia;Institute of economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, 2008.- p. 72-89

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