How do political systems shape immigration policy-making? Explicitly or implicitly,
comparative politics and migration policy theories suggest a 'regime effect'that links specific …

This paper compares immigration reforms across democratic and autocratic states.
Mobilising two large-scale datasets, it first challenges the prevailing notion that political …

What determines policies toward migrants and refugees in the transit-turned-host countries?
Compared to the vast literature examining migration to Europe and North America, we know …

Since the 2015 refugee “crisis,” much has been made of the distinction between the legal
category of refugee and migrant. While migration scholars have accounted for the increased …

Over the past forty years, countries in the Global North have increasingly restricted their
migration policies to reduce the arrival of migrants. As part of this, development aid has …

This paper examines the issue of migration control in Malaysia. Despite the fact that the
majority of the world's migratory movements are between countries in the Global South, the …

The influx of asylum seekers in Europe in 2015 and 2016 changed the incentive structure of
the “grand compromise”–the system of global refugee management in which states in the …

This article examines the 2013 migration policy liberalizations in Morocco and Turkey in
order to understand whether predominantly “human rights-centric” or “diplomatic” factors …

This paper demonstrates that Moroccan immigration policymaking is intrinsically tied to the
monarchy's authoritarian consolidation agenda. Drawing on archival research and 87 semi …

Immigration presents a fundamental challenge to the nation-state and is a key political
priority for governments worldwide. However, knowledge of the politics of immigration …