ABSTRACT. Scholarly research reveals strong correlations between the functions of East European migrants in the UK labor market, recruitment and employment of labor migrants, the social role of migrants, the potential human capital of immigrants, and the emergence of a new European migration system. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of the role and impact of contemporary immigration, the relationships between immigration and labor-market change, the role of free movement and migration in regional integration processes, the new networks of international migration, and the twin processes of global economic restructuring and increased migration. pp. 272–277

Keywords: immigrant, migration, British labor market, regional integration process