ABSTRACT
Research on South-North migration in post-war Europe has a long tradition. For the most part, past studies have concentrated on migration and its determinants. 1 More recently, greater attention has been paid to the settlement and adaptation of immigrants and 'new' ethnic minorities2 and the return of migrants to their former homelands.3 Post-war East-West migration has received considerably less scholarly attention for a number of reasons. First, the migration streams were relatively modest and consisted of mainly short-term emigration from Eastern Europe.4 Second, the poor quality of available data hindered research. In addition, East European scholars faced restrictions in treating 'politically sensitive' issues such as international migration.
