Empathic Humanitarianism: Understanding the Motivations behind Humanitarian Work with Migrants at the US–Mexico Border

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • Migrant aspirations and attitudes
  • Globalisation and (post)colonialism
  • Natural disasters and environmental shocks

• Migration forms

  • Refugees
  • Internal displacement
  • Irregular migration

• Migration infrastructures

  • Human smugglers

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Racism, xenophobia and discrimination

• Legal-political consequences

  • Migrants' civic engagement and rights
  • Nationhood and nationalism
  • Crime

Migration governance

• Governance actors

  • Civil society

• Migration policy and law

  • Policies on irregular migration

Geographies

• Scope

  • Continental
  • National

• UN Countries

  • Mexico
  • United States Of America