ABSTRACT
Minority internal migration research in Europe is emerging as a field with a great deal to contribute to wider debate about integration, population change and the impact of immigration. The body of work has illuminated much about ethnically differentiated levels and geographies of internal migration and characteristics of migrants, and has considered the importance and meaning of residential mobility for social integration. This chapter has identified six theoretical arenas to which minority internal migration research can contribute: migration studies, ethnic integration, lifecourse pathways, neighbourhood studies, demographic change and ethnic inequalities. Contributing to these debates will require minority internal migration scholars to make full use of quantitative data that become available, and consider the gathering of new data, both qualitative and quantitative. Internationally comparative studies are crucial for the theoretical development and integrated study of migration, and to understand the effects of continental economic and political change on population movement.
