Much migration research analyses one-off migration from origin to destination, of a more-or-less permanent character. This paper argues that the reality of international movements is more complex. Thus, the aim of our analysis is to shed light on the diversity of migration patterns involving repeat movements between origin and destination and multiple migration, which encompass more than one destination country within its migration trajectory. A review of the literature points to the gap between the literature on repeat migration and that on multiple migration. These two strands of literature developed separately; each took as a frame of reference one-off migration. In this paper we bridge this theoretical gap. Empirical analysis, based on the European Internal Movers’ Social Survey (EIMSS), quantifies the volume of one-off, repeat and multiple movements between selected European Union countries. The study also points to how the diverse patterns of migration are socially structured.

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描绘移民模式的多样性和结构：欧盟的一次性、重复和多重移民

许多移民研究分析了从原地到目的地的一次性移民，或多或少具有永久性特征。本文认为，国际运动的现实更为复杂。因此，我们分析的目的是阐明移民模式的多样性，涉及原籍国和目的地之间的重复流动以及多次移民，其中包括在其移民轨迹中的不止一个目的地国家。对文献的回顾指出了关于重复迁移的文献与关于多次迁移的文献之间的差距。这两股文学是分开发展的；每个都作为参考框架一次性迁移。在本文中，我们弥合了这一理论差距。基于欧洲内部搬迁者社会调查 (EIMSS) 的实证分析量化了一次性、在选定的欧盟国家之间重复和多次移动。该研究还指出了不同的移民模式是如何形成社会结构的。