Migration from the Newly Independent States: 25 Years After the Collapse of the USSR [Paperback]

This book discusses international migration in the newly independent states after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which involved millions of people. Written by authors from 15 countries, it summarizes the population movement over the post-Soviet territories, both within the newly independent states and in other countries over the past 25 years. It focuses on the volume of migration flows, the number and socio-demographic characteristics of migrants, migration factors and the situation of migrants in receiving countries. The authors, who include demographers, economists, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists and political scientists, used various methods and sources of information, such as censuses, administrative statistics, the results of mass sample surveys and in-depth interviews. This heterogeneity highlights the multifaceted nature of the topic of migration movements.
Part I General Trends of International Migration in Post-Soviet Space.- Part II New Independent States as Countries of Origin and Destination.- Part III The Old Centers of Gravitation.- Part IV New Times - New Roads.

Mikhail Denisenko is a Deputy Director of the Institute of Demography and the Head of the Department of Demography at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (NRU-HSE, Russia). His research interests include demographic analysis and projections, migration regulation, and population and development of the post-Soviet states. He has participated in various research projects, including Replacement migration (UN Population Division, 2000), and numerous UNFPA activities in the former Soviet Republics. 

Matthew Light is an Associate Professor of Criminology and European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada.  He received his doctorate in Political Science from Yale University in 2006.  His research focuses on migratlcÙ