ABSTRACT
People often combine work and travel as a source of adventure – think ‘gap year’. That kind of work–travel experience is not, however, what ‘freedom of movement’ in Europe’s common labour market is about. There is travel within Europe and, with any luck, there is employment. In his powerful new book, Jonathon Moses uses the term ‘workaway’ to capture the perilous nature of European economic migration. The term comes from his experience as an able-bodied seaman plying the North Atlantic at the end of the 1980s. European governments have a long history with right-wing extremism. They also have a history of promoting multiculturalism. This explains much of the mainstream aversion to right-wing political movements that take a strong stand against immigration and in defence of the nation. That aversion is less powerful than analysts may think, however.
