ABSTRACT
Human mobility is characterized by globalization and the substantial rise in the number of short touristic trips and international meetings and conferences. This chapter introduces the threshold approach in the context of labour migration across national borders in the EU. It discusses four major comments, namely, the non-linearity of the decision-making process, the concept of borders and 'bordering', the mobility of different social groups, and the changing context of the decision-making process. Personal, subjective realities provide the real driving force in considering mobility and migration. Perception and subjective meanings of the cross-border mobility of an individual can be decisive in the way thresholds are defined. Internalized borders, transnational social networks and 'borderwork' by ordinary people and their organizations are integral parts of the approach and they should be studied in relation to the 'keep' and 'repel' factors impacting on cross-border movements.
