{"title":"Regimes of Proof: On Contested Identities in Border and Migration Control","authors":"Kelly Bescherer, Stephan Scheel","doi":"10.1111/imig.70099","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70099","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The capacity to establish migrants' legal identities is key to states' attempts to control access to their territories. This paper introduces the concept of regimes of proof to shed light on this often-neglected aspect of border and migration control and related migrant struggles. Negotiations around legal identities play a central role in deportation, but also in migrants' access to rights and government services. At the current conjuncture, this tension has become particularly relevant: new digital means of identification such as biometric residency cards or the analysis of mobile phone data are rapidly being introduced across the globe to establish and fix migrants' identities and to determine their country of origin. Drawing on ethnographic research in West Africa and Germany, we consider the implications of shifting regimes of proof in the context of asylum, deportation and regularisation procedures to highlight the centrality of identification to all aspects of migration management.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"63 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70099","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145260762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Illegal Migration From Bangladesh. By B. B. Kumar (ed.), published and printed by Ashok Kumar Mittal, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 2006. ISBN: 81-8069-224-8","authors":"Abhijit Das","doi":"10.1111/imig.70106","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70106","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"63 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145247355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Changes in Rice Ferulate and p-Coumarate Concentrations With Temperature and Nitrogen Fertilization","authors":"Takuji Miyamoto, Ikuhisa Nishida, Senri Yamamoto, Yuki Tobimatsu, Toshiaki Umezawa, Keigo Mikame, Norikuni Ohtake, Dai Hirata","doi":"10.1002/cche.70015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.70015","url":null,"abstract":"Sake, an alcoholic beverage brewed from rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i>), contains <i>p</i>-hydroxycinnamic acids, taste-active compounds that are derived mainly from the rice grain cell walls. Currently, the effects of environmental factors on rice grain cell walls and the resulting compounds in sake are not fully understood. To investigate this, we cultivated rice under different temperature and nitrogen (N) fertilization conditions, and then chemically analyzed the grains and sake fermentation products.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"40 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145261572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Governing Migration Through Paperwork: Exclusive Inclusion, Differentiation and State Legitimacy. By Sophie Andreetta and Lisa Marie Borrelli (eds.), New York, NY: Berghahn Books, 2024. 178 pp. $120.00 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-1-80-539611-6","authors":"Aslı Salihoğlu","doi":"10.1111/imig.70107","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70107","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"63 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145241966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jared Rivera, D. P. Shivaprasad, Kaliramesh Siliveru
{"title":"Significance of Tempering Parameters on the E. coli Load of Wheat Grains and Mill Fractions During Milling","authors":"Jared Rivera, D. P. Shivaprasad, Kaliramesh Siliveru","doi":"10.1002/cche.70009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.70009","url":null,"abstract":"Wheat tempering is a crucial step in wheat milling. This manuscript investigated the significance of tempering parameters on the <i>Escherichia coli</i> contamination level of wheat grains and milling fractions during milling.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"7 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145261566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Shifting Racialised Borders and the Right to Exit Within Europe","authors":"Julija Sardelić","doi":"10.1111/imig.70087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70087","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper investigates how countries within Europe limit and control the right to exit of negatively racialised minorities, especially Roma. Based on a socio-legal analysis of four case studies, the paper argues that ‘countries of origin’ limit the right to exit in collaboration with possible countries of destination. They do so by making different multilateral and bilateral agreements, which promise countries of origin a sort of reward (like visa-free travel for majority citizens), while countries of destination use it as a ‘remote control’ to prevent access to their territory to unwanted migrants. The paper discusses the following examples: first, the case of the UK's border officers being stationed at the Prague airport, disproportionately not allowing Roma to board flights to the UK. Second, it discusses the incentives France used to discourage Romani EU citizens from leaving Romania and Bulgaria towards France. Third, it investigates European Parliament restrictions on the visa-free regime, should there be a greater number of Romani asylum seekers from non-EU former Yugoslav countries. And fourth, the impediments Romani refugees faced when trying to exit Ukraine after the full-scale Russian invasion.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"63 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145224021","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Cassia Galves, Krishna Kishore Gali, Thomas D. Warkentin, James House, Michael Nickerson
{"title":"Effect of Genotype on the Properties of Flours and Protein Isolates Derived From Wrinkled and Round Peas","authors":"Cassia Galves, Krishna Kishore Gali, Thomas D. Warkentin, James House, Michael Nickerson","doi":"10.1002/cche.70011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/cche.70011","url":null,"abstract":"This study evaluated the effect of seed shape on the composition, functional, and quality properties of pea flours and protein isolates. Wrinkled-seed (WPAs) and round-seed (RPA) pea accessions were selected from a genome-wide association study panel.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145261555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Intersection of Urban Studies and Migration Studies (Reflecting on Ways Forward)","authors":"Marisol García","doi":"10.1111/imig.70104","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70104","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Urban studies have provided different explanations of how cities have developed and transformed over time and in different parts of the world. Some guiding questions in urban literature are: Why and how do cities grow? Why is urban growth uneven? How are cities governed? How socially diverse are cities? How to govern diversity? These questions can intersect with migration questions, especially concerning integration at the destination of migrants, mainly in Europe and in North America and to some extent in Australia (global North) during the 20th century and, more recently, also in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.</p><p>Several tensions exist in urban studies that relate to migration studies: integration of migrants, segregation versus desegregation of immigrants in cities; economic formality versus informality; social inequalities and poverty versus policies of welfare and social services; political inequality versus citizenship. Here we look at two perspectives: (1) the ecological functionalist and (2) critical theory and the material features of the political economy of cities. The commentary briefly points out the relevance and limitations of the first perspective and then focuses on the second. This does not mean that other paradigms such as post-structuralist and post-modern approaches, like post-colonialism, political ecology and others are less relevant.</p><p>The Chicago School of Sociology developed the human ecology approach to integrating Europe's mass migration into U.S. cities in the early 20th century. This approach long dominated urban research along with community studies. According to Robert Park, migrants went through different stages leading to final assimilation: contact—conflict—accommodation—assimilation. Assimilation of immigrants was considered a long-term solution for dealing with urban conflicts. The idea was that the second and third generations of migrants would mix with the original population in schools and in job markets first, and in neighbourhoods later, mainly in the suburbs of large cities (Park et al. <span>1974 [1925]</span>). Empirical research of waves of immigration from Europe certified the theory based on ethnic distinctions rather than class distinctions. Seeking to assimilate in U.S. cities, ethnic communities built local associations and institutions (civic and religious) to preserve their identity and to support their members. Sometimes they also aimed to influence the politics in their country of origin (Thomas and Znaniecki <span>1927</span>), an enduring issue today. This picture changed with the mass migration of African Americans to northern and midwestern cities known as The Great Migration (1910–1970). Racial prejudice and limited opportunities for social mobility created a large underprivileged minority (Roberts <span>1995</span>, 22). Ethnic and class segregation in cities like Chicago became a permanent source of conflict. The Chicago case has parallels elsewhere in the world.</p><p>From","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"63 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70104","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145134645","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regional Disparities in Returnee Support, Stigmatisation and Reintegration in Nigeria","authors":"Ngozi Louis Uzomah","doi":"10.1111/imig.70103","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70103","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The study aimed to spatially analyse returnee support sources, stigmatisation and reintegration in Nigeria. Data were collected between March 2022 and May 2023 using a mixed-method approach, including surveys with 444 returnees from two towns in each of Nigeria's six geopolitical zones as well as in-depth interviews with 18 returnees and 13 stakeholders. Findings show that about two-thirds planned to re-migrate, primarily due to stigma. Discrimination and negative stereotypes hinder reintegration, while support from family and friends helps reduce stigmatisation. Regional disparities reveal the North-West and South-South have the most effective AVR implementation, while the South-West faces greater challenges. The South-East reports the highest stigmatisation level, followed distantly by the South-West, while the North-Central and South-West have the lowest reintegration rates. The study recommends targeted, culturally sensitive policies to reduce stigma and promote acceptance, stressing the need for long-term integration strategies in host countries over continued investment in ineffective Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programmes.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"63 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145127679","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Conceptualising Vulnerability in Forced Displacement: The Role of Human Rights-Based Approaches in Mitigating Trafficking Risks—Findings From Poland and Romania","authors":"Kiril Sharapov, Heather Komenda","doi":"10.1111/imig.70081","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70081","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article examines the vulnerability of Ukrainian refugees to trafficking, abuse and exploitation in Poland and Romania following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Drawing on survey data from the International Organization for Migration's Displacement Tracking Matrix and qualitative interviews with key informants, the study applies a multi-level, intersectional framework to assess personal, situational and contextual dimensions of vulnerability. It introduces a ‘continuum of vulnerability’ model, recognising that risks are dynamic, relational and shaped by structural inequalities. Quantitative analysis identifies financial insecurity, age and discrimination as key predictors of harm, whereas qualitative findings highlight the impact of conditional protection regimes, housing insecurity and healthcare barriers. Although few trafficking cases were officially identified, the findings suggest that a well-funded and coordinated rights-based response helped mitigate risks. The article argues that such protection frameworks must remain in place for as long as necessary and that vulnerability should be continuously monitored across all three dimensions.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"63 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70081","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145134626","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}