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The impact of intersecting crises on recent intra‐EU mobilities: The case of Spaniards in the UK and Germany International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-23 Anastasia Bermudez, Beltrán Roca
This article contributes to two interconnected fields of study: recent literature on intra‐EU migration, specifically South–North flows; and scholarship into the impact of intersecting crises on (im)mobilities. Interest in intra‐EU mobilities has increased with the expansion of the EU and especially since the 2008 Great Recession, with a focus mostly on young people and East–West flows. However, based
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Healthcare delivery in the shadow of war: The experiences of Turkish nurses providing care to Syrian asylum‐seekers International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-20 Ayşe Çiçek Korkmaz, Ülkü Baykal
The Syrian civil war caused humanitarian tragedy, resulting in significant losses and massive migration movement, significantly impacting nursing services. The purpose of this study was to identify the problems and experiences of nurses who provided care for Syrian asylum seekers in Turkish border hospitals during the war. This phenomenological and qualitative research selected participants with maximum
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Does skill emigration hurt unskilled workers? Theory and cross‐country evidence International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Saibal Kar, Sugata Marjit
How does out‐migration of skilled workers affect unskilled workers' wage in the source country? When skilled workers emigrate, unskilled wages tend to go down in some countries. If the sector that uses both skilled and unskilled workers shows a lower degree of capital intensity as compared to sectors that use only skilled workers in production, it is a common outcome. We use 19 years of cross‐country
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Refugee entrepreneurship in a non‐western country: How do Syrian refugee entrepreneurs respond to diaspora consciousness and negative prejudice? International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Mohamed Mousa
The aim of this paper is to identify how the diaspora consciousness of Syrian entrepreneurs in Egypt might affect their business practices. The research sample comprises semi‐structured interviews with Syrian refugee owners of small and medium‐sized businesses in Egypt. Thematic analysis was subsequently used to determine the main ideas in the transcripts from the interviews. The findings showed that
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Hwee‐Hwa Chan, Felicity. 2022. Tensions in diversity: Spaces for collective life in Los Angeles. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. pp. 264 International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Norma Schemschat
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Queer asylum: Between hostility and incredibility International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Diego Garcia Rodriguez, Calogero Giametta
The field of queer migration studies has significantly evolved in recent decades, with interdisciplinary scholars exploring the unique experiences of LGBTIQ+ people. This scholarship has emphasised that migrations are not solely motivated by economic or familial factors but are interwoven with migrants' sexuality and gender (Lewis & Naples, 2014; Luibheid, 2008). Initially, the focus was on the internal
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Feminist methodologies in migration research International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Christina Clark‐Kazak
INTRODUCTION In the context of a methodological turn in migration studies since the early 2000s, this commentary focuses on three key contributions of feminist methodologies in migration research over the past two decades. This is not to suggest that feminist methodologies are “new,” or that some of these methodological orientations were not present in earlier work, but rather to highlight methodologies
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Dragomir, Cristina‐Ioana. 2023. Making the immigrant soldier: How race, ethnicity, class and gender intersect in the US military. Chicago and Springfield: University of Illinois Press. pp. 258. International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Mitchell A. Orenstein
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Jones, Garett. 2022. The culture transplant: How migrants make the economies they move to a lot like the ones they left. Stanford: Stanford University Press. pp. 228. International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Yusuf Emre Akgündüz
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Kanaaneh, Rhoda. 2023. The Right Kind of Suffering: Gender, Sexuality and Arab Asylum Seekers in America. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 194 International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-03 Uğur Yıldız
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Institutional quality and emigration nexus: Empirical evidence from Türkiye International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Emrah Eray Akça, Onur Çelik
This study attempts to fill an important gap in the empirical literature by investigating the impact of institutional quality in destination countries on emigrants from Türkiye using bilateral migration data from 2010 through 2020. For this purpose, the study builds an augmented gravity model, including economic, geographic, and cultural variables in an exponential form and estimates it by the Poisson
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Qualitative analysis of migrants' network data: Using conceptual reflexivity to reveal the ‘magic trick’ International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Alessio D'Angelo, Louise Ryan
While in recent years, qualitative social network analysis (SNA) has advanced considerably – particularly in migration research – there is still an overall tendency to focus more on issues of network structure and on the generation of data, rather than on how data can be interpreted and analysed qualitatively in practice. In this article, we discuss how a genuinely qualitative SNA should not only apply
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Democrats abroad: What motivates core activists to engage in political transnationalism? International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Amanda von Klekowski von Koppenfels
Research into transnational political engagement of non‐resident citizens has largely focused on the Global South and less on the Global North. This article focuses on non‐resident United States citizens, or overseas Americans, asking what motivates them to become politically engaged. This article contributes insights to an insufficiently explored case. Drawing from 14 semi‐structured interviews with
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Exploring the difference: Immigrant peers and the imagination of natives International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Ana Alanis-Amaya, Carlos Vargas-Silva
Using data for the United States, we explore how interactions with immigrants during school age affect imagination during adulthood for native children. The analysis uses The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health survey and focuses on the impact of differences in the number of immigrants across cohorts within schools. Results suggest that exposure to immigrant classmates has positive
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Between a rock and a hard place: Multisystem resilience and Honduran youth migration intentions International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Maria Estela Rivero Fuentes, Tom Hare, Laura Miller-Graff
More is known about how ‘push factors’ motivate emigration and how immigrants adapt to their new environment than about psychological factors associated with migration intentions for those experiencing adversity in their country of origin. This paper explores the association between multisystem resilience and migration intentions among youth in Honduras. In this context of high economic need and contextual
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Size and ethnic homogeneity of extended social networks in the Netherlands: Differences between migrant groups and migrant generations International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Thijmen Jeroense, Bas Hofstra, Niels Spierings, Jochem Tolsma
Extended social networks encompass both weak and strong ties to provide social support and resources. Hence, it is important to study what explains variation in these networks. This paper addresses this and examines the size and ethnic homogeneity of extended social networks, and group differences therein, and it aims to explain these differences based on a preference–opportunities approach through
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Transforming settlement and integration services during a pandemic International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Valerie Preston, John Shields, Jayesh D'Souza
Settlement services are key to Canada's success in welcoming and integrating immigrants. Offered mainly in person prior to COVID-19 by non-governmental agencies reliant on and regulated by government funders, services were forced online and delivered by staff working remotely. We document this transition between September 2020 and September 2021 in Ontario, Canada and the conditions that influenced
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Unpacking “the system”: Multi-level governance gaps in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Micheline van Riemsdijk
A plethora of government- and non-government actors are involved in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees, forming a complex “system” that is difficult to navigate for integration actors and refugees. Based on interviews with 32 labour market integration actors in Sweden, this article examines multi-level governance gaps in the wake of the simultaneous centralization and decentralization
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How framing impacts attitudes about electoral rights for non‐resident citizens International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Staffan Himmelroos, Jean‐Michel Lafleur, Magdalena Lesinska, Marco Liesi, Johanna Peltoniemi, Theresa Reidy, Daniela Vintila, Åsa von Schoultz
Widespread adoption of policies granting electoral rights to citizens living abroad has spurred vivid scholarly debates regarding the drivers and consequences of extra‐territorial enfranchisement. But, little is known about the views of resident citizens in origin countries on the matter. We address this research gap and investigate how resident citizens' attitudes to external voting rights are affected
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Immobility in Moldova: Beyond the migration paradigm International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Ludmila Bogdan
This paper explores the motivations and barriers behind the decision of economically disadvantaged Moldovans to refrain from migrating for better economic prospects. Drawing on 30 qualitative interviews with voluntary stayers, it uncovers a range of individual-level characteristics that impede migration aspirations. These findings highlight the heightened sensitivity of lower-wage stayers to their
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From smuggled migrants to ‘alleged smugglers’: Empirical evidence and policy perspectives on the criminalization of people on the move in Italy International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Federico Alagna
Since 2014, numerous people on the move have been accused of migrant smuggling in Italian courts for steering makeshift vessels or for assisting in navigation across the Mediterranean Sea. This is the case regardless of the fact that such behaviour was the result of coercion or threats. In this contribution, drawing upon extensive empirical research and following a socio-legal paradigm, I first explore
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A relational analysis of migration in old age: How transnational ties affect migration decisions International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Livia Tomás, José Luis Molina
Recently, the role of personal ties in migration decisions has received considerable attention. However, this aspect has seldom been studied in the context of retirement. This paper addresses this gap by shedding light on the composition of personal networks, types of mobility patterns and retirement locations for four groups of older adults. To this end, two methodological approaches are employed:
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Refugees as perceived threat: College students' attitudes towards refugees in South Korea International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-16 Joowon Yuk, Hyoung-jin Shin
In 2018, the influx of Yemeni asylum seekers generated the unprecedented politicization of the refugee issue in South Korea. This paper explored South Korean attitudes towards refugees by collecting data from Korean college students. In doing so, we looked into what led to negative attitudes towards refugees and the role perceived threats play as a mediator. Following previous studies on intergroup
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Connecting the dots: Using social network analysis to disentangle the factors driving international migration International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Cassie McMillan
Migration scholars and policymakers continue to question why international migration corridors develop. In the current project, I argue that there is value in applying a social network approach to disentangle the processes that drive international migration. Using data on migration between 173 countries from 2010 to 2015, I construct a migration network where nodes are countries and edges are flows
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Cross-border mobility, inequality and migration intermediaries: Labour migration from Nepal to Malaysia International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Heila Sha, Yvonne Khor
This article aims to contribute to labour recruitment policy by demonstrating the relations between cross-border mobility and inequality through the lens of migration intermediaries. Drawing on thematic analysis of the MIDEQ project's in-depth interviews with Nepalese labour migrants (n = 20) in Malaysia, this research reveals the range of migration intermediaries along the recruitment chain, and shows
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Beyond the asylum-applications growth. The limits of the Spanish refugee reception program International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-09 Juan Iglesias, Rut Bermejo, Isabel Bazaga
Based on two extended qualitative research projects conducted between 2017 and 2022, this paper analyses the refugee reception programme (RP) in Spain, which is managed both by the central state and some specialised social organisations. This cross-sectoral RP presents notable and enduring problems, which have deepened since the increase in asylum applications during the so-called European refugee
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Ethical tensions of migrants in the informal economy in the Global South International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Oscar Naranjo Del Giudice, Sertan Kabadayi
Considering the ongoing, record-setting migration in the Global South, this paper explores the values, principles and ethical tensions of Venezuelan migrants in the informal economy of Colombia. We found that migrants frequently prefer to stay within the informal economy as a way of preserving their identities, values and principles, rather than adopting those of their new country. This choice sets
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Letter from the editors International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Ahmet Icduygu, Deniz Sert, Jan Rath, Aysen Ustubici
Throughout 2023, migration has remained a focal point in global political and social discourse. Numerous events have arisen in which migration issues have ascended to the forefront of national, regional and global agendas, underscoring the significance and urgency of addressing the complexities and challenges associated with migration. The earthquake that struck Syria and Turkey on February 6 resulted
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International migration and the NGOs working in the field of migration in Turkey International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Burak Özçetin, Perrin Öğün Emre
This study aims to analyse the activities and discourses of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in the field of migration in Turkey. The research explores how the NGOs frame the issue of migration differently and how they define and comprehend migration, migrants, and refugees. The article discusses whether the NGOs view refugees as subjects needing help, support, and protection or as
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Intersectional migration research: Re-centring governance structures International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Laura Cleton, Sarah Scuzzarello
Within migration studies, the use of intersectionality as a theoretical, conceptual and analytical tool is increasingly gaining traction. Most of this research provides compelling empirical evidence demonstrating how migrants' intersecting social locations shape their experiences of migration and settlement (see also Clark-Kazak, 2024). These insights are important in understanding how social boundaries
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Migration between imperfectly competitive economies International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-01-12 Jeffrey Sheen, Hao Xu
We study the role of bargaining as a barrier to migration in the equilibrium of a two-region world with imperfectly competitive labour markets. Equilibrium migration is jointly determined by relative labour market bargaining powers, productivity and costs of migration. If migrants complement host factors, higher migration generally benefits both source and host economies. An enhancement of the bargaining
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Mass migration governance and openness toward refugees: Comparing Germany and Turkey International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-01-08 Yigit Erden, Saime Ozcurumez
This study seeks answers to the question: ‘Under what conditions do communities with migration experience in refugee-receiving states become more open toward accepting more refugees and why?’. The research seeks answers to this question by examining the attitudes of individuals (N = 37) from Turkey who have been living in Germany for at least a year and who have sufficient familiarity with the characteristics
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Pathways to reintegration in Senegal and Nigeria promoted by Italian Assisted Voluntary Return programmes International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-01-05 Marco Caselli, Oana Marcu
This article presents the main findings of a research study aimed at investigating the effectiveness of pathways to reintegration for citizens repatriated from Italy to Senegal and Nigeria through Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration (AVRR) programmes. Based on the scientific debate on the subject, the article begins by offering an in-depth exploration of the issue of whether or not AVRR is
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The prolonged dilemma: Refugees' impact on labour market in Türkiye International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Atahan Demirkol
Türkiye has a long history of hosting millions of refugees, but since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, it has emerged as the world's leading refugee-hosting country. Due to this fact, the frequency of refugee inflows to Türkiye has attracted us to explore refugees' macroeconomic impacts as the ongoing political and social debates in Türkiye regarding refugees are immensely focused on
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Personal networks and the politics of belonging: Refugee integration in Thessaloniki Greece International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-12-11 Nicola Bulled
Refugees use social networks to navigate the institutions of immigration. Social networks also serve as support structures as refugees claim their identity and establish a sense of belonging. This paper examines the influence of personal social networks on the integration experiences of 16 asylum-seekers in Thessaloniki, Greece. Case studies of three recent asylum-seekers convey how the dynamics of
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Comparing pre-war and forced Ukrainian migrants in Poland: Challenges for the labour market and prospects for integration International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-12-08 Sabina Kubiciel–Lodzińska, Kate Golebiowska, Marta Pachocka, Anna Dąbrowska
Before full-scale war broke out in 2022, over 1 million Ukrainians resided legally in Poland. Within weeks of Russia's aggression, around 1.5 million new Ukrainian forced migrants had arrived, many of whom remain in Poland. As of September 2023, 970,000 Ukrainian refugees were still in Poland, where they enjoyed temporary protection status. This paper analyses data from a 2022 survey of both forcibly
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Food security, equitable development and South–South migration: Towards a research agenda International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Sujata Ramachandran, Jonathan Crush
‘The nexus between migration and food security remains a peripheral and much-neglected concern’ (Crush & Caesar, 2017, p. 10). In this Commentary, we reflect on recent policy-related and research moves to connect migration with food security. Food security refers to the condition where individuals, households, and communities have both physical and economic access to an adequate quantity and quality
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Intersecting (im)mobilities in the context of drought, hunger and conflict – Reflections inspired by research in Kenya International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-22 Benjamin Etzold, Marie Müller-Koné
Between late 2020 and early 2023, people in the Horn of Africa experienced the worst drought in more than 40 years, of which the world hardly took notice. By the end of 2022, almost 57 million people across eight countries faced a severe food crisis.1 While Kenya was not the country worst affected in terms of the number of people impacted—the highest level of food insecurity was recorded in Ethiopia
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CARIN' about migrants through news? Linking migrant deservingness to traditional and digital media consumption International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-17 David De Coninck, Maria Duque, Seth J. Schwartz, Leen d'Haenens
In recent years, public discourse and political actors have increasingly used a deservingness rhetoric to refer to the arrival and permanent settlement of migrant groups. However, scholars have drawn on the concept of deservingness without developing a clear theoretical framework for it. Following our recent work on the migrant deservingness framework, in the present study we use the CARIN criteria
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Change and stability of migration intentions. Evidence from Italy International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Elisa Barbiano di Belgiojoso, Corrado Bonifazi, Livia Elisa Ortensi, Angela Paparusso
Due to a lack of relevant data, very few empirical studies have examined the changes in and stability of secondary migration intentions. We aim to fill this gap by analysing return migration intentions among international migrants in Italy. Data are drawn from the cross-sectional SCIF survey conducted by ISTAT in 2011–2012. Our findings reveal that migration intentions at the beginning of the migratory
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Electoral turnout of foreign-born residents in Chile: an analysis with data from the administrative census and opinion polls International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-16 Mario Herrera, Mauricio Morales
Based on an administrative census of the 267,116 migrants registered for the 2017 presidential elections and a survey applied to 4771 migrants, we conclude that (1) the electoral participation of migrants shows a significant gender gap, with women participating in a higher proportion; (2) migrants who registered earlier in the electoral registers, are more likely to vote compared to the rest; (3) when
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Patriarchal bargains in short-term women's migration from Bangladesh International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-14 Joyce Wu, Patrick Kilby, Syeda Rozana Rashid, Noor Mohammad Sarker
This paper looks at the migration of women from Bangladesh to the Middle East as short-term migrants, mainly for work in the domestic care sector as domestic workers, housekeepers, nannies, cooks, etc. This group accounts for about 15 per cent of the total short-term migration cohort. They face particular challenges around not only the precarity of their employment but also in navigating a series of
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Imperative practices: The political inclusion of diasporas in Poland, Hungary and Lithuania International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Anzhela Popyk, Magdalena Lesińska
This paper aims to present an in-depth comparative analysis of how three states in Central and Eastern Europe—Hungary, Poland and Lithuania—ensure the political inclusion of their diaspora members by providing citizenship and electoral rights. The authors promote a broad understanding of diaspora that includes both emigrants and descendants as well as kin minorities. The analysis is based on a three-dimensional
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Exit is the answer: The political nature of Central American migration International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 José Miguel Cruz, José Félix Colón-Burgos
This article provides evidence that many Central Americans who have joined the migrant caravans to the north manifest a profound discontent with the political institutions of their home countries. It is based on surveys with migrants in refugee centres, compared with similar data from the AmericasBarometer survey, and complemented with contextual qualitative data on the experience of immigrants passing
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Migratory flows and pandemic: An analysis of impacts on immigrants of foreign origin in Spain International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Jordi Bayona-i-Carrasco, Andreu Domingo
Restrictions on mobility as a measure to contain the COVID-19 pandemic meant, in the case of Spain, an abrupt ending to what could be called the second international migratory boom. At the same time, internal migrations underwent considerable change, with cities becoming less attractive as a destination for migrants, and increased flows into rural areas. In this context, our aim is twofold. First,
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Human mobility and environmental degradation: Shaping rural Morocco International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Carla Sofia Ferreira Fernandes, Fátima Alves, João Loureiro
Environmental degradation constitutes a disruptive force in man-made and natural systems. The projected duplication of the frequency and duration of meteorological drought will contribute to a situation of water scarcity, which is expected to negatively impact the agricultural sector. This study focuses on Souss-Massa, Morocco, a leading agricultural region, and it seeks to map how human mobility fits
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Criminalizing mobilities: Exit restrictions in post-Soviet Central Asia International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-10-30 Rano Turaeva
Post-Soviet authoritarianisms have seen many faces where mobilities skyrocked (tens of millions of migrants in Russia from Central Asia) and economies collapsed. Mobilities and freedom of mobility became number one topic of political agendas of many post-Soviet countries. Mobilities have been administered, organized, restricted and criminalized to address increased outmigration from Central Asia. Such
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“A lot of work needs to be done”—Service provider perspectives of mental health services available to Croatia- and Bosnia-born migrants International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-10-26 Gabriella Karakas, Daniel R. du Plooy
Research suggests that migrants have higher rates of mental health disorders but are less likely to access mental health services, which highlights both their vulnerability to mental illness and inequity in service provision. Despite being large and established culturally similar migrant cohorts in Australia, Croatians and Bosnians are invisible in mental health research. This qualitative study collected
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Building bridges of various sorts: Old and new migrant transnationalism among Uruguayans in Spain International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Ana Margheritis
This study explores emigrants' motivations to form associations, their activities and engagement with home politics, and whether diaspora policies impinge on their practices. It focuses on Uruguayans abroad, who are a relevant case of migrant transnationalism. Building upon qualitative methods, it investigates their associational life in a main destination: Spain. The findings contribute to expand
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The role of digital literacy in satisfaction with online migration services in Ghana: A cross-sectional survey International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-10-12 Hayford Alufar Bokpin, Martin Gameli Akakpo
Like in many other fields of human endeavour, digital literacy is rising in importance. As migration continues unabated, key stages of the process are now possible online. This study investigated the role of digital literacy and migration intent in satisfaction with online migration services. Deploying a cross-sectional survey of 100 students at a Ghanaian university, the study tested the hypotheses
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Subjective well-being of older migrants in the Netherlands: A conceptual and methodological discussion International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-10-09 Nina Conkova, Tineke Fokkema, Theo G. van Tilburg
Social policy is most effective when evidence-based. In this research, we scrutinise 11 surveys to produce evidence on the subjective well-being (SWB) of older migrants in the Netherlands. The descriptive analysis and literature review revealed that the study of the diversity among older migrants is hindered by several factors, including the inclusion of a limited number of distinct migrant groups
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Perceptions on dynamics and mobilities in the Triple Border between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Maria Cecilia Zsögön
This study seeks to contribute to the ongoing discussion on border dynamics, mobilities and migration. It focuses on the perceptions around these categories in the Triple Border between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay, also known as tri-border area or triple frontier. This region is characterized by contrasting elements, including poverty, inequality and abundant natural resources, as well as a significant
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Has immobility been left behind in migration regulatory infrastructures? International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Asel Murzakulova, Irina Kuznetsova, Roman Mogilevskii
The article brings the concept of the immobile left-behind population into the migration infrastructure debates focusing on countries of migrants' origin. Drawing on an analysis of government's migration policy in Kyrgyzstan and interviews with stakeholders in rural areas, the article concludes that the government relies on a traditional sectoral approach and agriculture in this regard and stands separately
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Emancipation really matters: Why family firms might be a preferable choice for Syrian refugees in Egypt? An exploratory study International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-23 Mohamed Mousa, Hala Abdelgaffar
This study explores the relations within the current broader literature on migration and entrepreneurship and specifically investigates the extent to which Syrian refugees in Egypt prefer to establish family businesses and why. A qualitative research method is employed by conducting semi-structured interviews with 45 Syrian partner/managers of micro, small and medium-sized family businesses in Egypt
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Romania's agricultural workers. Return mobilities and modes of food production International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-21 Remus Gabriel Anghel, Lucian Vesalon, Stefánia Toma
This article examines the dynamics of Romanian seasonal migration and its effects on farming and rural areas. We connect labour migration to changes in modes of food production in Western and Eastern Europe. Based on the fieldwork in seven Romanian localities with 40 semi-structured interviews, we interrogate how seasonal work is shaped by regimes of mobility and economic and social inequalities. Studying
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Digital border technologies, techno-racism and logics of exclusion International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Petra Molnar
Border wall between US and Mexico, February 2022, Petra Molnar Like a wound in the landscape, the rusty border wall cuts along Arizona''s El Camino Del Diablo, the Devil's Highway. Once the pride and joy of the Trump Administration, this wall is once again the epicentre of a growing political row. President Biden's May 2023 repeal of the Trump Administration's Covid-era Title 42 regulation comes with
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Drones: Robot eyes on racialized migrant bodies International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Özgün E. Topak
A joint Border Forensics and Human Rights Watch investigation revealed that the Libyan Coast Guard (LCG) pull-backs are facilitated by plane and drone surveillance provided by the Frontex (the European Border and Coast Guard Agency) to the LCG about migrant boats (Sunderland & Pezzani, 2022). Migrants who are returned to Libya are enslaved, extorted, tortured, raped and killed (UNHRC, 2023); among
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The rise of the border apps International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 Philippe M. Frowd, Benjamin J. Muller, Can E. Mutlu
People on the move make extensive use of digital devices and tools. States also rely on these tools to control and channel mobility, making software an essential feature of mobility and borders. Various types of software are at the heart of maintaining traveller databases, deploying risk management tools and expediting identity checks, and migrants' use of smartphones is an increasingly salient area
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Controlling borders: A note on ordinary technologies of power International Migration (IF 2.022) Pub Date : 2023-09-22 William Walters
When scholars of migration and borders investigate technologies, it is often very contemporary technologies that capture their attention. This is understandable: there are some very good ethical, legal, political and economic reasons why we should carefully scrutinise emergent technologies, asking how the phenomena known as “artificial intelligence” (see Aradau, this issue), “drones” (see Topak, this