Abstract
This study analyzes literature about migration and ethnic minorities in Estonia. Following initial identification and using content analysis process, existing literature were characterized into four major patterns: definition of immigrant population in Estonia, emigration and ethnic return migration in Estonia, formation of ethnic minorities and their structure, and ethnic minorities and integration. Despite of having long historical background of emigration, return migration and ethnic minorities in Estonia; existing literature lacks focusing on refugees and ethnic minorities having background from outside Europe. New question emerged from the reviewed literature, whether Estonia is ready to accept quota refugees under EU quota system?DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eis.0.10.16104
Highlights
In the 1990s migration studies in Europe mostly characterized with growing interest in ethnic return migration which was poorly investigated before 1990s (Kulu & Tammaru 2000)
Estonia makes a very interesting context and it is one of those few countries in Europe where emigration, return migration and immigration have varied in different times and in different background (Kulu & Tammaru 2000; Tammaru, Haukanomm, & Anniste 2010; Kulu 1998)
In 1998, Kulu (1998, p. 313) carried out a study on return migration of West Siberian Estonians from the Omsk province and this study reveals that ‘the main career of the migration behavioral norm is generation’
Summary
Estonia makes a very interesting context and it is one of those few countries in Europe where emigration, return migration and immigration have varied in different times and in different background (Kulu & Tammaru 2000; Tammaru, Haukanomm, & Anniste 2010; Kulu 1998). By studying the specific setting of studies on migration in Estonia, this study will enhance our understanding of the pattern of migration studies in Estonia. __ to review the existing major literature on migration and ethnic minorities in Estonia,. __ to identify any major gaps in the exiting literature to be studied in future
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