Internal migrations
An ever smaller, ever older population
Wednesday 27 May 2020 |
Miriam Santoro | OBC Transeuropa
A recently published study outlines the EU’s demographic future: in 2080, if current trends continue, the EU population will fall from the current 513 million people to 504 million, while flight from rural areas shows no sign of slowing. We take a look at south-eastern Europe, by way of the global context.
There’s an urgent need for foreign labour in Croatia
Friday 18 January 2019 |
Francesca Rolandi | OBC Transeuropa
Fewer births, greater life expectancy, emigration. These are some of the ingredients adding up to local labour shortages - now a major problem in many Eastern European countries.
Go East: home is where joy is
in depth
Wednesday 25 October 2017 |
Lidija Pisker | OBC Transeuropa
More and more professionals from the Western Balkans choose to seek a better life by going east – opting for countries such as the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland
Europe, both populating and depopulating
Saturday 25 May 2019 |
Guillaume Duval | Alternatives Economiques
Since 2008 Europe has seen major demographic changes. In particular due to migration: internal as a result of the economic crisis, external linked to geopolitical instability in Europe’s neighborhood.
2019: escape from the Balkans
in depth
Monday 25 November 2019 |
Francesca Rolandi Christian Elia
| OBC Transeuropa
A growing phenomenon with worrying implications: the flight of workers, skilled or otherwise, from former Yugoslavia. A look at the data and political responses.
Child migration is on the rise in the EU
Monday 23 December 2019 |
Laszlo Arato | EUrologus
The number of individuals under 19 living in EU member states other than their place of birth has risen by nearly half a million in the past five years. Overall, they account for 7 per cent of all minors in the EU: most of them come Asia and the Middle East, but inter-EU migrations are also strong.
Romania’s presidential elections: the diaspora at the ballot box
Tuesday 26 November 2019 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
At the latest Romanian presidential elections, almost one million Romanians voted from abroad, largely by casting their ballots in more than 800 polling stations open from Friday through Sunday. A visual exploration of the data.
Is your region a brain gainer or drainer?
Thursday 20 June 2019 |
Newsworthy The battle for talent within the European Union is a story about both brain drain and gain. We have analyzed the migration patterns across the continent to create hundreds of reports going down to the regional level, paying special attention to highly skilled workers.
The Europeans left out of the European elections
in depth
Thursday 31 January 2019 |
Lorenzo Ferrari Gina Pavone
Ornaldo Gjergji
| OBC Transeuropa
Almost 17 million EU citizens live in a member state other than their country of origin. These citizens are entitled to vote for the European Parliament from where they reside, but almost none of them do so. It’s a wasted opportunity for a more transnational politics.
How many Bulgarians live in Europe? And what are the trends in their mobility?
in depth
Tuesday 10 September 2019 |
Yoanna Ivanova Zornitsa Stoilova
Anina Santova
| Capital
Bulgaria is experiencing massive flows of emigration. Yet, not everyone goes away for the same reason, or moves to another EU country with the same life plans. The phenomenon is much more complicated.
