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Jørgen Carling

Research Professor at PRIO

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Understanding future migration

6 December 201814 January 2019 Jørgen Carling

How does migration that has not yet taken place shape the lives of individuals and the development of societies? Continue reading Understanding future migration

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The End Of Migrants As We Know Them?

20 September 201621 June 2017 Jørgen Carling

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 the International Organization of Migration (IOM) is straying from its mission to uphold … Continue reading The End Of Migrants As We Know Them?

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Refugees are Also Migrants. And All Migrants Matter

3 September 201521 June 2017 Jørgen Carling

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 debate over word choice has taken turns that undermine humanitarian principles and cloud the … Continue reading Refugees are Also Migrants. And All Migrants Matter

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Why ‘trafficking’ is in the news for the wrong reasons

30 July 201514 January 2019 Jørgen Carling

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 trafficking. They described smuggling of migrants, primarily across the Mediterranean. Does it … Continue reading Why ‘trafficking’ is in the news for the wrong reasons

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Who is who in migration studies: 107 names worth knowing

1 June 201522 June 2017 Jørgen Carling

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 obvious that many of had a shared mental inventory of migration scholars. So I started wondering how this tacit knowledge … Continue reading Who is who in migration studies: 107 names worth knowing

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How migration spurs battles over women

8 March 20158 March 2018 Jørgen Carling

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 a role in making the battles apparent and showing how they matter. I have … Continue reading How migration spurs battles over women

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