Editorial Introduction: Relocating East-West Migration and (Im)Mobilities

This introductory paper sets the scene for the special issue. It describes the rationale for the collection - which has to do with the multiple geopolitical, economic and health-related events of the past 30 years - and summarises some of the overarching changes in East-West migration dynamics within and beyond Europe over this period. However, this introductory article and the nine papers that follow also challenge and nuance the predominant East-West framing of recent intra-European migration. They identify numerous other trends: return migration and immigration into CEE countries, intra-CEE migrations and a range of issues relating to the impacts of migration on children and youth.