New Eastern European Migration to Australia

This book identifies and examines new forms and paths of Eastern European migration to Australia since the 2000s, and provides updated trends of contemporary migration movements of Ukrainians, Hungarians and Czechs to Australia. With chapters highlighting the diversities and complexities of these new accelerated waves of Eastern European migration to Asia-Pacific, this book offers novel insights to enrich our understanding of East European mobility in the 21st century. The book will appeal to students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of migration, sociology, political science and international relations.

Examines modern Eastern European migration to Australia Presents a unique comparative study of Ukrainian, Hungarian and Czech migration waves to Australia since the 2000s Applies an innovative, mixed-method life strategy research framework

Autorentext
Olga Oleinikova is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the SITADHub (Social Impact Technologies and Democracy Research Hub) in the School of Communication at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. She is named among Forbes' Top 40 Global Ukrainians, Forbes 30 Under 30 in Asia and is a finalist for the Australia Council of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Future Leader Award. She is the author of Life Strategies of Migrants from Crisis Regimes : Achiever or Survivor? (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020).

Klappentext

This book identifies and examines new forms and paths of Eastern European migration to Australia since the 2000s, and provides updated trends of contemporary migration movements of Ukrainians, Hungarians and Czechs to Australia. With chapters highlighting the diversities and complexities of these new accelerated waves of Eastern European migration to Asia-Pacific, this book offers novel insights to enrich our understanding of East European mobility in the 21st century. The book will appeal to students, scholars and policymakers in the fields of migration, sociology, political science and international relations.

Inhalt

1. Migration from Eastern Europe to Australia: History, Numbers and Research Gap. - 2. New Ukrainian Migrants to Australia: Three Migrant Profiles. - 3. Czech Migrants Making a Home in Australia. - 4. The New Hungarians on The Move. - 5. New Directions for East Europeans and Migration Studies.