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Labour Migrations of Bulgarians from Ukraine to the European Union Today and Tomorrow: Factors and Forecasts

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Title: Labour Migrations of Bulgarians from Ukraine to the European Union Today and Tomorrow: Factors and Forecasts
Authors: Ganchev, Alexander
Source: Migracijske i etničke teme, Vol 27, Iss 2, Pp 227-248 (2011)
Migracijske i etničke teme
Volume 27
Issue 2
Publisher Information: Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies, 2011.
Publication Year: 2011
Subject Terms: metropolitanske zemlje, миграционные настроения, миграция, 1. No poverty, metropolitan countries, метрополия, faktori izbora, миграционные отношения, диаспора, economic crisis, migration, факторы выбора, migracija, Diaspora, dijaspora, ekonomska kriza, choice factors, imigracijska kretanja, immigration trends, 8. Economic growth, JV1-9480, emigracija, emigration, Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration, экономический кризис
Description: Labour migrations from Ukraine to the European Union are closely connected with the issues of interrelations between EU metropolitan countries and their Diasporas in Ukraine. Labour migration developments in independent Ukraine after 1991 have been moving towards their intensification. Migration trends among the Bulgarian Diaspora of South-Western Ukraine gained specific characteristics in the period of the world economic crisis. The enlargement of the EU in 2004 and 2007 led to the transformations in the preferences and choice factors of labour migrants, representatives of the Bulgarian Diaspora, while choosing the destination country in the EU. As a metropolitan country, Bulgaria has focused its policy on attracting its Diaspora groups, seeing them as labour and demographic potential for further development. This point of view is justified in many respects, though metropolitan country efforts must also be directed to the support of the Diaspora and its social, psychological, cultural and linguistic features.
Radne migracije iz Ukrajine u Europsku uniju tijesno su povezane s pitanjima međusobnih odnosa metropolitanskih zemalja Europske unije i njihovih dijaspora u Ukrajini. Nakon 1991. radne migracije u neovisnoj Ukrajini sve više jačaju. Migracijska kretanja bugarske dijaspore u sjeverozapadnoj Ukrajini zadobila su specifične značajke u razdoblju svjetske ekonomske krize. Proširenjem Europske unije 2004. i 2007. došlo je kod radnih migranata koji pripadaju bugarskoj dijaspori do promjene u davanju prvenstva i čimbenicima odabira prilikom odlučivanja o zemlji odredišta u Europskoj uniji. Kao metropolitanska zemlja Bugarska je svoju politiku usmjerila na privlačenje dijasporskih skupina, smatrajući ih radnim i demografskim potencijalom za daljnji razvoj. Takvo je stajalište opravdano s mnogo aspekata premda napori metropolitanske zemlje moraju biti usmjereni i na podršku dijaspori te njezinim društvenim, psihološkim, kulturnim i jezičnim osobitostima.
В данной статье исследуются актуальные вопросы миграционных процессов в современной Украине, а именно: какие государства ЕС являются наиболее популярными как государства-дестинации для трудовых мигрантов и какие факторы обуславливают данный выбор; какие культурные и экономические взаимоотношения между государствами-метрополиями, которые входят в состав ЕС, и их диаспорами, проживающими на территории Украины. Фокус-группой исследования стали болгары Бессарабии, которые включены в сеть трудовых миграций в страны ЕС.
Document Type: Article
File Description: application/pdf
Language: English
ISSN: 1333-2546
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/5f5a95da3e4f4b10b029e2439c623f2b
https://hrcak.srce.hr/74485
Accession Number: edsair.dedup.wf.002..0212ba7d5b1063ec891dd93acef18c67
Database: OpenAIRE
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