Child and Youth Migration: Mobility-in-Migration in an Era of Globalization
Migration across multiple borders is a defining feature of the time in which we live, and children are central to this contemporary migration phenomenon. A core aim of this volume is to contribute at an empirical level to knowledge about the intersection between children, migration, and mobilities by highlighting underresearched child and youth short-term and … Continue reading Child and Youth Migration: Mobility-in-Migration in an Era of Globalization →
Health status of returnees to Kosovo: Do living conditions during asylum make a difference?
Objective From August 1999 to July 2001, asylum seekers who had come to Switzerland from Kosovo were repatriated. The present study aimed to assess the relationship between living conditions during asylum in Switzerland and health status among returnees. Study design Cross-sectional survey of 319 ethnic Albanian families in Kosovo, selected from a list of … Continue reading Health status of returnees to Kosovo: Do living conditions during asylum make a difference? →
The Battle of Attica Square
The Battle of Attica Square (English with French subtitles)
Governance and prima facie refugee status determination: Clarifying the boundaries of temporary protection, group determination, and mass influx
The governance of the refugee regime requires conceptual clarity. An essential part of that regime is the conduct of refugee status determination. One form of refugee status determination is widely conducted but is poorly understood and often misconstrued. It is known as prima facie refugee status determination, a term which commentators from academia, practice, and … Continue reading Governance and prima facie refugee status determination: Clarifying the boundaries of temporary protection, group determination, and mass influx →
Migration and environmental hazards
Losses due to natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, hurricanes) and technological hazards (e.g., nuclear waste facilities, chemical spills) are both on the rise. One response to hazard-related losses is migration, with this paper offering a review of research examining the association between migration and environmental hazards. Using examples from both developed and developing regional contexts, the … Continue reading Migration and environmental hazards →
Drought and population mobility in rural Ethiopia
Significant attention has focused on the possibility that climate change will displace large populations in the developing world, but few multivariate studies have investigated climate-induced migration. We use event history methods and a unique longitudinal dataset from the rural Ethiopian highlands to investigate the effects of drought on population mobility over a 10-year period. The … Continue reading Drought and population mobility in rural Ethiopia →
Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning: A Handbook for Policy-makers and Practitioners
This Handbook, initiated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and further developed with the contributions of the Global Migration Group (GMG), is the result of a collaborative and fruitful cooperation between the 16 GMG agencies. The Handbook is divided into three main sections. The first section gives a migration and development overview … Continue reading Mainstreaming Migration into Development Planning: A Handbook for Policy-makers and Practitioners →
Migration as preservation and loss: The paradox of transnational living for Low German Mennonite women
AbstractThroughout history, Low German Mennonites have executed collective migrations to preserve their religious integrity. Their contemporary migrations to North America are not collective orchurch-sanctioned, but economically-motivated. This paper explores the intertwined processes of gender and religion in transnational social spaces through the destination experiences ofMennonite women in Canada. The paradoxes of the transnational social field, … Continue reading Migration as preservation and loss: The paradox of transnational living for Low German Mennonite women →
Migration and International Protection
Howard Duncan Metropolis Project Previous readers of the Metropolis World Bulletin will notice a change in the current issue with its longer, more substantial articles. This represents a shift in the original newsletter format of the publication, which dates to June 2000, to one that features expert commentary on migration issues that are of interest … Continue reading Migration and International Protection →
Livelihoods, Migration and Conflict: Discussion of Findings from Two Studies in West and North Darfur, 2006 – 2007
Livelihoods, Migration and Conflict: Discussion of Findings from Two Studies in West and North Darfur, 2006 – 2007. Young, Jacobsen et al. This report discusses findings from a study conducted in Darfur from 2006-8 that explored the changing role of migration and remittances in the livelihoods of conflict-affected people. It illustrates the shifts in livelihood … Continue reading Livelihoods, Migration and Conflict: Discussion of Findings from Two Studies in West and North Darfur, 2006 – 2007 →
