The End Of Migrants As We Know Them?
The UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants holds the promise of progress. But ahead of the summit, communications staff were pushing a warped view of migrant diversity. Even ... [Continue reading]
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Refugees are Also Migrants. And All Migrants Matter
This post was originally published on the Border Criminologies blog, based at the University of Oxford. (Photo: Carlos Spottorno, British Red Cross, CC BY-NC-ND) The recent ... [Continue reading]
Why ‘trafficking’ is in the news for the wrong reasons
In early 2015 there was a spike in new stories about ‘trafficking’ related to migration. But most of the stories described events that had little to do with ... [Continue reading]
Who is who in migration studies: 107 names worth knowing
During a recent conversation among migration scholars, a PhD candidate mentioned in passing that ‘I’m not really familiar with the names yet’. It was ... [Continue reading]
How migration spurs battles over women
Migration affects the lives of women in many ways. One subtle but critical mechanism lies in disputes over ‘who’ migrant women are. Migration researchers can play ... [Continue reading]
Scripting remittances: making sense of money transfers in transnational relationships
This article proposes a conceptual framework for studying remittances as social transactions that can take a number of different forms. For the past three decades, the ... [Continue reading]
Filipino migration is extraordinary
The population of the Philippines is surpassing 100 million in late July 2014. That’s a reminder of the country’s importance in global migration. Emigration ... [Continue reading]
Beyond the insider–outsider divide in migration research
This paper engages critically with the insider–outsider divide in research with migrants and advocates a more nuanced and dynamic approach to positionality. In migration ... [Continue reading]
Who wants to go to Europe? Results from a large-scale survey on migration aspirations
For every individual who migrates to another country, there are many others that aspire to do the same. Throughout the world, people are becoming increasingly aware of the ... [Continue reading]
Migration in the age of involuntary immobility: Theoretical reflections and Cape Verdean experiences
Our times are characterised by involuntary immobility as much as by large migration flows. The sheer number of people wishing to migrate but not being able to do so indicates ... [Continue reading]
The human dynamics of migrant transnationalism
How is migrant transnationalism shaped by the human dynamics of relationships between migrants and non-migrants? This question is addressed through an analysis of asymmetries ... [Continue reading]
