Refugees – Jørgen Carling

Three reasons for rejecting a ‘Global Compact for Most Migration’

[Printable PDF version of this post] Throughout the spring, governments are negotiating the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. The first or zero draft ... [Continue reading]

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]

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]

Review of ‘Survival Migration’

Carling, Jørgen (2014) ‘Review of A. Betts: “Survival Migration”.’ Journal of Modern African Studies, 52(2): 332-333. Survival Migration: Failed ... [Continue reading]