From Migrant Identity to Migration Industry: The changing conditions of transnational migration

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration forms

  • Transnational migration
  • Irregular migration
  • Return migration

• Migration infrastructures

  • Human smugglers
  • Governmental institutions in travel & migration
  • Agents, brokers, and other businesses in travel & migration
  • Routes, hubs, and sites in travel & migration

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Cultural identity and belonging
  • Diasporas and transnational communities

• Socio-economic consequences

  • (Sexual) Exploitation

Migration governance

• Migration policy and law

  • Family reunification policies
  • Return policies
  • Policies on irregular migration
  • Policies on mobility
  • Protection regimes for non-recognised refugees

• Governance processes

  • Outsourcing to private actors
  • Extraterritorialisation (multi- and bi-national)

Methods

• Qualitative research

  • Other

Geographies

• Scope

  • International