<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Snel, Erik</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Engbersen, Godfried</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Liquid Migration Revisited: Two Decades after the EU Enlargements of 2004 and 2007</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Central and Eastern European Migration Review</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">intra-EU migration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">liquid migration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">settlement</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">temporary migration</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2026</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">15</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5-24</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The fall of the Iron Curtain in the late 20th century and the EU enlargements in 2004 and 2007 triggered significant migration from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to the &amp;lsquo;old&amp;rsquo; EU member states, giving rise to what many consider to be a distinct form of migration. We coined the concept of &amp;lsquo;liquid migration&amp;rsquo; to describe this new, more temporary, flexible and unpredictable East&amp;ndash;West migration in Europe. Now, two decades after the EU enlargements of 2004, we explore whether circular, temporary and repeated migration patterns are prevalent in intra-EU mobility or if there is a shift towards settlement. As an empirical basis, we use a large collection of migration studies which refer to the concept of liquid migration. We found three different migration patterns. The first is permanent or long-term settlement. The other two are more transient but for different reasons. The second pattern is temporariness by choice: some CEE migrants opt for open-ended, flexible lifestyles and work careers. Other CEE migrants seem to be trapped in liquid migration, the third pattern. Even if they prefer to settle in a destination country, they appear to be unable to acquire the resources necessary for settlement.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;13 May 2025&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom2><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;8 May 2026&lt;/p&gt;</style></custom3></record></records></xml>