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The causes of emigration processes in the countries of the visegrad group

DG.
2017;
, Number 20
https://doi.org/10.33990/2070-4038.20.2017.151018
Authors: 

K. Bialoblocki

The article is devoted to analyzing the peculiarities of the emigration processes in the countries of the Visegrad Group prior to their accession, in the course of accession and after joining the EU. The author found out the differences in socio-economic development and birth rates in the countries of Western Europe and the countries of the Visegrad Group. As the result, the cyclical and structural causes of emigration processes in the countries of the Visegrad Group were singled out.

migration
emigration
emigration process
economic emigration
migration management
the countries of the Visegrad Group
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