Why Dominicans Migrate: The Complex of Factors Conducive to Undocumented Maritime Migration

Taxonomy Associations

Migration processes

• Migration drivers

  • Migration governance and infrastructure

• Migration forms

  • Irregular migration

• Migration infrastructures

  • Human smugglers

Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)

• Socio-cultural consequences

  • Ethnic, religious and national minorities
  • Migrants and religion
  • Diasporas and transnational communities

Migration governance

• Migration policy and law

  • Family reunification policies
  • Policies on irregular migration
  • Border control

Geographies

• Scope

  • National

• UN Countries

  • Dominican Republic