Scholars of migration studies have only recently begun to focus on the interconnected
histories of empire, postcolonialism, and human mobility. The existing literature presents a …

International migration always has been a core concern of sociology in the United States
and it has become central to the global discipline. The dominant US approach of studying …

Some people facing violence and persecution flee. Others stay. How do households in
danger decide who should go, where to relocate, and whether to keep moving? What are …

The article provides a framework through which to analyse the experiences and social
trajectories of migration from East Africa to North Africa and Europe. On the one side, it …

More children than ever are crossing international borders alone to seek asylum worldwide.
In the past decade, over a half million children have fled from Central America to the United …

TRAFIG aims to contribute to the development of alternative solutions to protracted
displacement that are tailored to the needs and capacities of displaced persons. This …

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND Anna Wyss' survey of the
heavily politicised group of male migrants in Europe provides insightful analysis of both …

Binary distinctions between 'refugees' and 'economic migrants' continue to prevail in
humanitarian discourse, with asylum policies heavily focusing on refugees' vulnerabilities …

In light of a growing literature and a multi-disciplinary perspective, this chapter reviews the
main characteristics and trends in the regulation of family migration in different European …

Anecdotal evidence suggests growing numbers of migrants intercepted at sea–referred to by
the Tunisian coastguard as les rescapés (the rescued)–return to Libya via smuggling. In this …