Humanrightization of Migration Discourses: A Conceptual Framework

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • Civil and political rights
  • Migration governance and infrastructure
  • Migration policy and other public policies
  • Migrant communities and networks
  • Globalisation and (post)colonialism

• Migration forms

  • Refugees
  • Asylum seekers

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Racism, xenophobia and discrimination
  • Cultural identity and belonging
  • Attitudes, migration and migrants
  • Media representations of migration

Migration governance

• Governance actors

  • Inter-governmental and international organisations
  • National governmental and state institutions
  • Civil society
  • Courts

• Migration policy and law

  • Policies on irregular migration
  • Border control
  • Policies on mobility
  • Asylum regimes

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

• Transversal themes

  • Race and ethnicity