Tomasz KOMORNICKI, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Poland
Wojciech POMIANOWSKI, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Poland
Rafal WISNIEWSKI, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Poland
Barbara SZEJGIEC-KOLENDA, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Poland
Marcin MAZUR, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Poland
Patryk DUMA, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organization, Poland
Integrated European space, in the context of freedom of movement, is characterized by intensive people flows and connections across borders. Exists a need for analyzing migrations in Europe not only from the national perspective, but also from the regional one, and, additionally, not only in terms of “space of places”, but, first of all – the very flows and mutual interregional connections. This approach causes major challenges in terms of data availability (missing, incompatible or unreliable data) and the necessary methodology. We introduce a methodology which produces estimates for a full set matrices of migration flows between ESPON space countries and region to region (NUTS 2) flows using evidence from migrant stocks and available European statistics. The results show that European regional migration flows are highly concentrated (metropolitan regions in Western Europe, well-developed regional economies), however the specific position of some regions in European migration chains (e.g. metropolises in Central Europe, some island regions) was also highlighted. The results are further analysed to create a typology of regions based on their position in migration flows system, intensity of bilateral migration flows and the degree of their concentration. Results were also used to test the impact of external factors that may disrupt migration flows (e.g. Brexit). The paper is based on the results of the ESPON project Interregional relations in Europe.
Mots clés : migration|regions NUTS2|Europe|ESPON
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