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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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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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What would have been new about bombing migrant boats?

12 May 201514 January 2019 Jørgen Carling

The European Union has made it clear that bombs were not part of the plan for war against people smuggling after all. “No one is thinking of bombing,” said Federica Mogherini, EU foreign policy chief, yesterday. The alleged plans for bombing … Continue reading What would have been new about bombing migrant boats?

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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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Migration researchers on Twitter

20 February 201515 January 2019 Jørgen Carling

Here’s my list of migration researchers on Twitter – that is, people who do research on migration and share their ideas about it in English on Twitter. Many of them (myself included) tweet about other things as well, but I’ve … Continue reading Migration researchers on Twitter

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