The Factors that Make and Unmake Migration Policies1

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • Conflict, war and violence
  • Globalisation and (post)colonialism

• Migration forms

  • Irregular migration

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Diasporas and transnational communities

• Legal-political consequences

  • Migrants in education

Migration governance

• Governance actors

  • Inter-governmental and international organisations
  • Knowledge producers and providers

Methods

• Other

  • Agent-based modeling

• Qualitative research

  • Other

Geographies

• Scope

  • Global
  • National
  • Subnational