Chris Moreh

Newcastle University | NCL · School of Geography, Politics and Sociology

A nemzetközi migráció a kortárs társadalomtudományok egyik központi kérdésköre, a Romániához köthető népvándorlás pedig az Európán belüli migrációs folyamatok egyik fő jelensége. Jelen kötet e komplex kutatási területet ismerteti meg az olvasóval a románok migrációjának sajátos esetén keresztül. Jelenleg több mint kilencszázezer román él Spanyolor...

OPEN ACCESS. PLEASE FOLLOW LINKS TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL PUBLISHED VERSION This paper reformulates classical questions regarding the plans and strategies of Polish migrants in the UK – such as decisions to leave or remain in the host country, or be ‘deliberately indeterminate’ about future plans – from a sociologically situated ‘rights-based’ perspect...

This paper explores status relations in a Romanian migrant ‘community’ in Spain, developing a model of social differentiation within the ‘community’ based on ethnographic material. On a theoretical level, the paper builds on the distinction between ‘class’ and ‘status’, emphasising the latter's significance for migration research. Empirically, it a...

This paper examines Hungarian migration to the United Kingdom following EU accession. Migration from Hungary has generally been low both before and after accession, but trends have recently started to change. Based on the available statistical data, the paper explores the volume, key demographics and geographical distribution of this migration, and...

This paper presents a critical analysis of the Hungarian government"s "Asian" political discourse. It argues that in the wake of the economic recession, Hungary became more radical in its turn towards Asia, promoting a discourse which goes beyond economic relations and touches on sentiments of national identity and belonging. Via a discourse-histor...

Background Polish people are the biggest migrant group in the UK and the scholarship shows that they are attentive to their healthcare needs and seek to fulfil them by using various services both within and outside the British public healthcare system. This article explores the role of junctures within healthcare systems in the connections migrants...

While diagnostic tests are a fundamental component of contemporary medical practice they are seldom considered in studies of transnational healthcare. This article investigates the little-studied role played by diagnostic testing in the healthcare-seeking practices of migrants. It is concerned with the experiences of Polish migrants living in the U...

Drawing on a mix-methods study comprised of an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews, this article presents findings about the complexity and development in time of health service use by Polish migrants living in the United Kingdom. The article contributes to the analysis of transnational healthcare practices by operationalising a fra...

This article explores the motivational factors behind preferences for medical care in the country of residence or the country of origin among EU nationals living in the UK. Undertaking a thematic analysis on a large-N qualitative dataset, the article aims to establish a data-driven typology of motivations inductively. This provides an intermediary...

Hoshuko are Japanese government approved complementary schools operating in many countries outside Japan and providing Japanese-medium education. Although originally established for children of temporary professional expatriates, increasing emigration has diversified the family backgrounds and educational needs of the pupils. This article explores...

EU migrants have, so far, been most affected by the Brexit process. Polish nationals are the largest single EU nationality group in the UK, and their ongoing experiences and expectations will shape their social attitudes post-Brexit. These attitudes can signal the emergence of new social divisions. New data collected by us in an online survey sugge...

În contextul migrației către alte țări sau către alte localități din România, Țara Făgărașului a pierdut un număr semnificativ de persoane. Acest aspect influențează nu doar economia locală, ci și modul de conviețuire în comunitățile din zonă. Fundaţia Comunitară Ţara Făgăraşului a dezvoltat un proiect amplu de cercetare și cartare a diasporei făgă...

This case study describes an exploratory research project undertaken in a short period of time using online survey methodology. The project aimed to understand the attitudes and potential actions of European Union migrants living in the United Kingdom in the months before the 2016 British referendum on European Union membership. The case describes...

Intra-EU migrants have traditionally faced few pressures or incentives to formalise their 'permanent' residence or to naturalise in their EU host countries. Focusing on the United Kingdom and combining an analysis of secondary administrative data and primary online survey data (N=1,413), this article examines practices and attitudes to such legal i...

This article examines the narrative strategies through which Polish migrants in the UK challenge the formal rights of political membership and attempt to redefine the boundaries of ‘citizenship’ along notions of deservedness. The analysed qualitative data originate from an online survey conducted in the months before the 2016 EU referendum, and the...

Concerns about EU migrants’ use of public healthcare services in the UK are widespread. The assumption is that high quality free universal healthcare provision in the UK attracts migrants and allows potential abuse of the system. This research examines migrants’ perceptions and preferences around healthcare, and our findings suggest that these assu...

What might EU migrants in the UK do in order to cope if the UK leaves the EU? Might they stay or go? Using data from an online survey we find out what the three largest EU nationality groups (Portuguese, Polish and Romanian) in the UK have to say. These three groups represent three different EU enlargement waves, with Portugal having joined the Eur...

This paper is an exploration of the ideological struggles reflected in the urban conflicts taking place in an inhabited World Heritage site, the ‘old Moorish’ neighbourhood of Albayzín in Granada. Centring its discussion on a theorisation of ‘heritage’, the article introduces the concept of ‘heritagification’ as a useful way of understanding the lo...

The question of whether the EU is indeed an internally mobile space has been a recurrent one in academic research and policy debates. Over the past decade two realities have informed our thinking on this issue: one is that internal mobilities are uneven, and second, that acute economic crises pose a real challenge to the free movement ideals of Eur...

This paper examines the relation between the concepts of ‘citizenship’ and ‘political community’ by looking at the special case of ‘external ethnic citizenship’, and combining empirical sociological and political theoretical evaluations of the phenomenon. More specifically, the paper builds on the case of the Hungarian external citizenship law of 2...

The European Union presents itself as a model for supra-national politics and social organization. Its motto, “united in diversity”, was designed to reflect the successful collaboration of the peoples of Europe, their communion under a common ideal, while maintaining their rich cultural diversity. Under such framework, spatial mobility represents b...

Jelen tanulmány a magyarok EU-csatlakozást követő egyesült királysági irányultságú migrációját elemzi. A magyarok vándorlási hajlandósága aránylag alacsony volt mind az uniós csatlakozás előtt, mind pedig az uniós tagság első pár évében, ugyanakkor ez a trend változásnak indult az elmúlt évek során. A tanulmány első része az egyesült királysági mag...

This paper examines the dynamics of Romanian migration networks following the fall of socialism, by comparing two receiving countries, Spain and the United Kingdom. While Spain is a well-established destination for Romanian migrants, constituting the most numerous foreign-born group in the Iberian country, the United Kingdom has seen more moderate...

The sociological link between the EU as an institutional framework and the European population can be reduced to the introduction of European citizenship in 1992, and one of the most appreciated rights granted by this supranational citizenship has been the free movement of people. Empirical research on EU mobility, however, has shown the de facto d...

In this paper I analyse the complex post-migratory phenomena of Romanian migrants in Spain. While different opposing scenarios for the future of the Romanian community have been advanced by scholars, adopting different theoretical perspectives, I propose a model of internal social differentiation to explain such apparently antagonistic processes li...

A discourse around the rise of “Asia” has accompanied the perceived decline of “Western” power, culture or civilization for more than a century. In the past three decades, however, the economic strengthening of certain Asian centres of commercial and cultural production has given a substantiated impetus to the belief in the coming of an “Asian cent...

This paper focuses on the experiences of Romanian migrants in Spain. Since the end of the 1990s the number of Romanian citizens living in Spain has been in constant rise, and they have become a significant immigrant community well before Romania’s EU accession in 2007. After becoming EU citizens, however, their status has suddenly changed. In the n...