International Migration at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century: Global Trends and Issues

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • Conflict, war and violence
  • Migration policy and other public policies
  • Globalisation and (post)colonialism

• Migration forms

  • Refugees
  • Internal displacement
  • Transnational migration
  • Labour migration

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-economic consequences

  • Rural development, migration, and diversity
  • (Sexual) Exploitation

Migration governance

• Governance actors

  • Inter-governmental and international organisations

• Migration policy and law

  • Border control
  • Policies on mobility

Cross-cutting topics in migration research

• Transversal themes

  • Race and ethnicity

Geographies

• Scope

  • Global
  • National