Zhang Qian, Yang Jianqiang

Keywords： Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Migrants; Multi-level Governance; Short-term Flexible Housing; Standard for Accommodation of Labor Migrants; The Netherlands

Abstract：

The European Union grants its citizens the rights of free movement, residence and work within EU. There has been a sharp increase in the number of internal migrants within EU after the year 2004, when EU enlarged its territory by accepting new member states in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). CEE migrants come to work and live in more developed Western Europe to achieve higher payments and better life. The Netherlands has been one of the most popular destination countries for CEE migrants. However, hosting such large amount of CEE migrants had caused consequences for Dutch society, especially in labor, housing and welfare sector. There are strong similarities between CEE migrants in the Netherlands and internal migrants in China in terms of population characteristics, migration behavior features, migration purpose, and impacts on destination areas. Therefore, this paper introduces the current situation and governance structure of CEE migrants in the Netherlands, and focuses specifically on the framework and measures taken in the governing process of housing issues. Finally, we summarized the experience and inspirations that worth learning from the Dutch approach to alleviate the housing problems of internal migration in China.

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