This paper was written as part of the research project "The role of migration-related expectations and life-course events in the development and realization of migration intentions", supported by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA, 101458 PD). The first version of this paper is the following: Gödri, I. and Feleky, G. A. (2017). Selection of migrants and realization of migration intentions-lessons from a panel study. Working Papers on Population, Family and Welfare, 29. Budapest: Hungarian Demographic Research Institute. subjective norms were gauged by the perceived pressure from significant others (friends, parents, relatives) to migrate. Our findings confirm that migrationrelated attitudes and subjective norms influence migration behavior only indirectly, via migration intention.

The study examines a special case of international migration, when the ethnicity, mother tongue, historical and cultural traditions of the immigrants are identical with those of the receiving population. This is also a fundamental feature of immigration to Hungary in the last decade and a half and could be observed primarily in the migratory wave from neighboring countries (most of all from Transylvania in Romania). After presenting the historical background we will review the development of the present-day migratory processes as well as their social and economical conditions, relying on statistics based on various sources. The socio-demographic composition of the immigrants and their selection from the population of origin indicate that migration is more frequent among younger, better-educated people living in an ethnically heterogeneous urban environment. At the same time, the rising proportion of older people and pensioners among the immigrants suggests the commencement of the so-called secondary migration. This is con? rmed by a questionnaire-based survey conducted among immigrants, which showed that family reuni? cation is a migratory motivation for a signi? cant group of people, primarily for the older generation. Among younger people economic considerations are decisive in the migrants decision-making. Our analysis underscores the roles of ethnicity and network of connections in the processes under examination.

1 Sajnos a kutatási terv kidolgozója és kutatás tervezett vezetője, Gödri Irén, a Népességtudományi Kutatóintézet tudományos főmunkatársa már nincs közöttünk. A koncepció kidolgozásában, a szakirodalom feltárásában tevékenysége meghatározó volt. Gondolatai, megfigyelései, elképzelései jelentős szerepet játszottak a tanulmány elkészítésében, ezért tartottuk szükségesnek nevét a szerzők között feltüntetni.