FROM A RECEIVING TO A SENDING NATION: LATVIA'S NEW ROLE IN THE EUROPEAN MIGRATION LANDSCAPE

• Authors: Krisjane Z.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

DIRECTION OF MIGRATION; MIGRATION PATTERN

Discipline

• OTHER_SOCIAL_SCIENCES: OTHER SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Publisher: EPC Ltd (Economic Prognosis Centre), Riga, Latvia (till March 2009 - Institute of Economics, Latvian Academy of Sciences, Ltd)
• Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences: Latvia
• Year: 2008
• Issue: 1(54)
• Pages: 72-89
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Krisjane Z.

• Z. Krisjane, Latvijas Universitate, Geografijas un Zemes zinatnu fakultate, Geografijas nodala, Cilveka geografijas katedra, Alberta iela 10, Riga, LV-1010, Latvia

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

08LVAAAA04608868