01624nas a2200169   4500008004100000022001400041245010000055210006900155300000900224490000600233520095000239653008301189100001501272700001801287700002401305856012501329       2015                        eng d  a2300-168200aTo Stay or Return? Explaining Return Intentions of Central and Eastern European Labour Migrants0 aTo Stay or Return Explaining Return Intentions of Central and Ea  a5-240 v43 aThis paper describes and tries to explain return intentions of Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian labour migrants in the Netherlands. Previous research has often emphasised the temporary or &lsquo;liquid&rsquo; character of Central and Eastern European labour migration. We find that a substantial number of labour migrants intend to stay in the Netherlands for many years, and sometimes forever. Data from a survey of Central and Eastern European (CEE) labour migrants (Poles, Romanians, Bulgarians) in the Netherlands (N = 654), is used to test three hypotheses about return intentions. Economic success or failure is not found to be related to the return intentions of migrants. Apparently, some migrants return after being successful in migration, whereas others return after having failed. Migrants with strong links with Dutch society have less strong return intentions, whereas migrants with strong transnational ties intend to return sooner.10areturn migration; labour migrants; Central and Eastern Europe; the Netherlands1 aSnel, Erik1 aFaber, Marije1 aEngbersen, Godfried  uhttp://ceemr.uw.edu.pl/vol-4-no-2-december-2015/articles/stay-or-return-explaining-return-intentions-central-and-eastern