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‘New’ Migrants in the British Countryside

Storey, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6714-1727 (2013) ‘New’ Migrants in the British Countryside. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 8 (3). pp. 291-302. ISSN 1712-8277

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Abstract

The eastward expansion of the European Union (EU) in the early 2000s had a number of consequences. One of these, deriving from the EU principle of freedom of movement and the associated relaxation of border restrictions, was a
marked increase in migration from the new member states into the longer established western ones. Within the United Kingdom much of that migration was towards larger urban centres, but a relatively high (and perhaps unexpected)
proportion was to smaller towns, villages and more rural areas. This article explores the extent of this migration and, more specifically, it seeks to highlight some of the reactions to it. In doing so, there is a focus on rural parts of the English west midlands, in particular the county of Herefordshire. The article places this migratory movement within the context of increased east-west
migration more generally, the regulatory environment surrounding it, and the broader responses to it at a national level.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords: Eastern Europe, migration, employment, media reactions
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General)
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Divisions: College of Health, Life and Environmental Sciences > School of Science and the Environment
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Depositing User: David Storey
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2014 11:44
Last Modified: 27 Nov 2020 04:00
URI: https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/3036

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