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A.Stenning,A.Słowik(Edited),Post-AccessionMigrationinEurope–aPolishCaseStudy,Kraków2011
ISBN:978-83-7587-702-1,©byOficynaWydawnicza„Impuls”2011
KathyBurrell.ScalingPolishMigration:OverviewandObservations
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onesintheirwake.Tisissomethingwhichcontinuestoraisehighprofilecon-
cerns–Eurasylum’sMonthlyPolicyInterviewsofApril2010,forexample,stress
theproblemsofbraindrain,partcuarlyamonghighlyskilledhealthworkers,
forcountriessuchasMalawiandGhana.Temoreinformal!caredrain’must
beassubstantial,ifnotmoreserious,forcountriesstillpredominantlysending
ratherthanreceivingmigrants–andfemalemigrantsinparticular.Telivesof
thePolishcareworkersintheUKthereforehintatotherissues.Whathavethey
leftbehindinPoland,andwhatimpactdoestheirabsencehavethere,notjust
economically,butsociallyandculturallytoo(seeforexample:Fihel&Kaczmar-
czyk,2009)?
OtherworkalsoremindsusthatthedesiresofPolishmigrantsto
leavehomeandfindworkabroadarealsopartofamuchlargermovementofla-
bour.LikeMcDowelletal’swork(2009)researchonmigrantlabourinLondon
illustratesexactlytheextenttowhichglobalcitiessuchastheUKcapitalrelyon
anextremelydiversebodyofmigrantworkers;indeed,thecurrentglobalecono-
mywouldbeunsustainablewithoutsuchsignificantmovementsofpeople.Eu-
rope’smigrationpatternsappeartomirrorglobaltrendsinthesematters;itisnot
themovementofpeoplefromtheglobalsouthtothenorthwhichweseewith
Polishmigration,atleastnotinastrictgeographicalsense,butinsteadeastto
westhasbecomeEurope’snorth/southfaultline.
TemicroaccountsofPolishmigration,andthein-depthcase-studieswhich
arebeingundertaken,arefascinatingandaddsomuchtounderstandingsofthis
particularmovementofpeople;itisthisresearchwhichhelpstoprovideamuch
deeperemotionalconnectionwithwhatcontemporarymigrationreallyfeels
like.However,thewiderglobalperspectivessurroundingthismigration,and
thebroadercontextsandinequalitieswhichanchorthesepeople’slives,should
notbeforgotten.
References
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the‘New’EuropeanUnion:After2004(pp.1–19).Farnham:Ashgate.
Burrell,K.(2010).Staying,Returning,WorkingandLiving:KeyTemesinCur-
rentAcademicResearchUndertakenintheUKonMigrationMovementsfrom
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Cook,J.,Dwyer,P.,&Waite,L.(2010).TeExperiencesofAccession8Migrants
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