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Age & Generation in Canada’s Migration Law, Policy, & Programming

by Christina Clark-Kazak, York University [RRN/CRS Policy Brief Submitted to the Government of Canada, December 2, 2016] Executive Summary Age and generation are central to forced migration experiences and processes for several reasons. First, different demographic profiles exist in different migration contexts, with age issues factoring into migration decisions and policymaking. Second, people at different … Continue reading Age & Generation in Canada’s Migration Law, Policy, & Programming

At the extremes of exclusion: Deportation, detention and dispersal.

Deportation, detention and dispersal have formed an occasional part of Britain’s migration regime throughout the twentieth century, though they tended to be used in response to particular events or “crises”. By the end of the twentieth century, however, deportation, detention and, most recently, dispersal have become “normalized”, “essential” instruments in the ongoing attempt to control … Continue reading At the extremes of exclusion: Deportation, detention and dispersal.

Protection by persuasion: International cooperation in the refugee regime

States located near crisis zones are most likely to see an influx of people fleeing from manmade disasters; African states, for instance, are forced to accommodate and adjust to refugees more often than do European states far away from sites of upheaval. Geography dictates that states least able to pay the costs associated with refugees … Continue reading Protection by persuasion: International cooperation in the refugee regime

The Refugee Regime Complex

At the time of its creation, the refugee regime was relatively isolated amongst international institutions regulating human mobility. However, since its creation, globalization and interdependence have led to the creation of a range of new international institutions both in human mobility regimes, such as travel and labour migration, and non-mobility regimes, such as human rights, … Continue reading The Refugee Regime Complex

Global migration governance

  Contributors are the world’s leading experts on migration Fills a significant gap in the existing literature – this is one of very few books on the international politics of migration Unlike many other trans-boundary policy areas, international migration lacks coherent global governance. There is no UN migration organization and states have signed relatively few … Continue reading Global migration governance