The article is based on a longterm field research in an Eastern Slovak Romani settlement and an English town, to which Roma migrated from the settlement. The paper attempts to disrupt a bipolar approach to the migration of Roma to England, and, at the same time, to point to the transnational interconnectedness of the Romani community and to the replication of inter-group boundaries patterns. Such a dynamic approach to migration allows the authors to consider a different phenomenon, namely religious conversion of Roma to Pentecostal churches. This leads to an observation of parallels in the narratives of conversion and migration, which are both based on a dichotomy of "new" and "old", and inclusion of the religious conversion phenomenon into the analysis of migration, alongside highlighting transnational social networks, acquiring secondary social bonds and strengthening local inter-group boundaries.

This article is based on long-term field research in an Eastern Slovak Romani settlement and an English town to which Roma migrated from the settlement. The paper attempts to disrupt the bipolar approach toward the migration of Roma to England and, at the same time, to point out the transnational interconnectedness of the Romani community and the replication of inter-group boundary patterns. This dynamic approach to migration allows the authors to also consider a different phenomenon, namely, the religious conversion of Roma to Pentecostal churches. This leads to an observation of parallels in the narratives of conversion and migration, which are both based on a dichotomy of “new” and “old”, and inclusion of the phenomenon of religious conversion in the analysis of migration alongside the highlighting of transnational social networks, the acquiring of secondary social bonds, and the strengthening of local inter-group boundaries.