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A profile published by the Migration Policy Institute, co-authored by Marie-Laurence Flahaux, charts the changing patterns of Congolese migration over the last 50 years
Working Paper: Immigration policy effects – A conceptual framework
Publication
12 July 2017
Liv Bjerre provides a conceptual framework for the analysis of immigration policy effects by arguing that immigration policies have varying effects on different categories of immigrants whether they are regular immigrants, asylum seekers or irregular immigrants
Return Migration in Africa
Publication
29 June 2017
IMI Researcher, Dr. Marie-Laurence Flahaux together with Dr. Bruno Shoumaker and Dr. Thierry Eggerickx edit a new issue of 'Space, Populations, Societies' which seeks to explore the understudied aspects of return migration in Africa
Working Paper: Hopes and fears of migrants’ contribution to political change, a Tunisian case study
Publication
26 June 2017
Marieke van Houte explores complexities of political change in relation to mobility and immobility through a fascinating Tunisian case study that challenges conventional notions that transnational political engagements contribute to democratization
Exploring domestic & diasporic non-government responses to the Liberian Ebola Crisis
Publication
6 June 2017
New article published in the academic journal, African Affairs by IMI Senior Research Officer Robtel Neajai Pailey
Legal invisibility was the best thing to happen to me
Media coverage Publication
25 May 2017
Senior Research Officer Robtel Neajai Pailey shares her experience of living as an undocumented migrant in the US for 14 years in a remarkable piece for Al Jazeera
Call for papers for new journal Migration and Society
General Publication
11 May 2017
The first issue of the journal focuses on Hospitality and hostility towards migrants: Global perspectives
Working Paper: The Migration&Development Apparatus
Publication
10 May 2017
Drawing on Michel Foucault's concept of apparatus, Laura Stielike investigates the contradictions in the migration and development paradigm
New article by Robtel Neajai Pailey looks ahead to Liberia's 2017 election
Publication
8 May 2017
A new briefing article co-authored by Robtel Neajai Pailey examines the forthcoming presidential elections in Liberia, which take place this October
Working paper: Global migration futures. Exploring the future of international migration with a scenario methodology
Publication
27 April 2017
Simona Vezzoli, Ayla Bonfiglio and Hein de Haas introduce the use of a scenario methodology to better explore the future of international migration
Working paper: The global evolution of travel visa regimes
Publication
4 April 2017
Mathias Czaika, Hein de Haas and María Villares-Varela draw on the new DEMIG VISA database to explore patterns and trends in international visa regimes. The analysis challenges the idea of a growing global mobility divide between ‘North’ and ‘South’, showing instead a more complex image reflecting the multi-layered nature of international relations
Working paper: How do Syrian refugee workers challenge supply chain management in the Turkish garment industry?
Publication
9 March 2017
Emre Eren Korkmaz explores how the participation of Syrian refugees in the informal economy in Turkey has changed historical relations between formal and informal employment, and what can be done to ensure fair, legal employment of all workers in Turkey's garment sector, including Syrian refugees
Working paper: Is there a ‘pig cycle’ in the labour supply of doctors?
Publication
3 March 2017
Yasser Moullan and Xavier Chojnicki explor whether training or immigration policies provide a more effective reponse to shortages of physicians within the OECD
Where is the ‘African’ in African Studies? nominated for African Arguments 2016 Prize
General Publication
5 December 2016
Commentary by Robtel Neajai Pailey shortlisted for prestigious award
As UNGA adopts declaration on migrants and refugees, new report launched on migrants in countries in crisis
Publication Research
20 September 2016
ICMPD in partnership with IMI publish emerging findings from research on migrants caught in crisis situations
New article examines how 'Liberian citizenship' is constructed in Liberia and abroad
Publication
13 July 2016
Research shows conceptualisation of citizenship changing alongside Liberia's transformation from country of immigration to one of emigration, and return
Working paper: Managing migrant labour in the Gulf
Publication
6 July 2016
Hélène Thiollet looks at the transnational dynamics of migration politics in the Gulf since the 1930s
Working paper: Exploring relationship between migration and change
Publication
29 June 2016
The third TRANSMIC working paper proposes a new theoretical framework to better understand how migrants become active agents of change
Migrants in Countries in Crisis Initiative launches new guidelines
Publication Research
13 June 2016
Guidelines aim at States, the private sector, international organisations and civil society responding to needs of migrants in countries experiencing conflicts or natural disasters
New book explores evolution of Moroccan migration
Publication
27 May 2016
Authors explore recent trends in Moroccan migration in edited collection Revisiting Moroccan Migrations
New article explores the role of social media in youth articulation of the 'refugee voice'
Publication
17 May 2016
Based on research with young Congolese in the diaspora, new research shows how refugees use social media tools to challenge conventional understandings of 'refugee voices'