{"title":"Migration and Race: Central and Eastern European Perspectives. By Kasia Narkowicz, Anna Gawlewicz and Konrad Pędziwiatr (eds.), London: Taylor and Francis, 2025. 158 pp. £116.00 (hardback). ISBN: 978-1-03-251815-2","authors":"Muhammad Asad Latif","doi":"10.1111/imig.70229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70229","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149068258","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":"Factors Affecting Future Mobility of South Asian Migrants in Saudi Arabia","authors":"Areej Jamal, Nasra M. Shah, Richa Shivakoti","doi":"10.1111/imig.70226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70226","url":null,"abstract":"Saudi Arabia hosts numerous South Asian families facing uncertainty under the transient residency regime. This article examines how planned length of stay, willingness to settle permanently, and desire to relocate to a third country (with Canada as the focus) shape the mobility intentions of South Asians in Saudi Arabia. Analysing survey data from 1019 Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants, the multivariate analysis reveals that belonging, religion, and family living arrangements predict these outcomes. Findings show that strong local belonging (OR ≈ 2.7) and living with family significantly predict longer planned stays, signalling a preference for permanence. Notably, being Muslim systematically increases willingness to stay permanently if legal pathways exist (with belonging raising the odds nearly six‐fold), driven by spiritual belonging within the ‘Land of Islam’. Conversely, second‐generation status, strong belonging to Saudi Arabia, and family presence predict onward migration rather than returning to their country of origin, while higher education specifically predicts choosing Canada; these migrants strategically leverage class resources to navigate point‐based Western immigration systems. Thus, family‐based migrants actively navigate temporary regimes, positioning Saudi Arabia as a global migration stepping stone.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"399 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149009784","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":"Relational Dynamics and Financial Preparedness for Old Age Among Immigrant Spouses in South Korea: Focusing on Gender Differences","authors":"Nayoung Heo, YoonKyung Kwak","doi":"10.1111/imig.70213","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70213","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This study examines how spousal satisfaction and social relations are associated with financial preparedness for old age among marriage-based immigrants in South Korea, with attention to gender differences. Drawing on nationally representative data from the 2021 National Survey of Multicultural Families and gender-stratified survey-weighted regression models, we assess associations between relational resources and perceived preparedness. The findings show that spousal satisfaction and social relations are positively associated with preparedness for both women and men, though the patterns differ. For women, preparedness is linked with both marital and broader social ties, and the association with social relations is stronger at lower levels of spousal satisfaction. For men, preparedness is more strongly associated with spousal satisfaction, with social relations playing a weaker role. These results are interpreted through a social capital perspective, highlighting preparedness as relationally embedded. By analysing both male and female immigrant spouses—an often overlooked population—this study contributes to the growing literature on aging, relational dynamics and migrant integration in East Asia, and underscores the importance of gender-sensitive perspectives in both research and policy.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148973347","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":"Coerced Voluntariness: Parliamentary Narratives on Return Migration in Germany and Turkey","authors":"Seda Rass-Turgut","doi":"10.1111/imig.70218","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70218","url":null,"abstract":"<p>International frameworks treat return migration as either voluntary or forced. This article challenges that binary through a computational corpus analysis of two entangled parliaments: 4597 German Bundestag protocols (1949 to 2025, migration analysis from 1970) and 966 Turkish Grand National Assembly protocols (since 2011). In the Bundestag, voluntariness language dominates while coercion oscillates in two waves, peaking in 1994 and 2024. In governing-party speech the two operate as complementary governance technologies rather than opposites, a pattern termed coerced voluntariness for the German case. A six-category narrative analysis finds burden ranked first in both parliaments, but the Turkish corpus shows a distinct fraternity-to-burden reversal after 2016. Despite documented institutional transfer, the two parliaments converge on burden yet diverge on securitisation: the Bundestag moves towards ethno-nationalist framing while the Turkish security share stays low and stable. Institutional transfer, the evidence shows, is not matched by discursive convergence.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70218","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148964249","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":"Contingent Infrastructures Between Italy and the Philippines: Intermediating Labour Mobility at the Fringes of Formal Recruitment Systems","authors":"Fabio De Blasis, Paola Bonizzoni","doi":"10.1111/imig.70224","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70224","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The article examines the mobility of Filipinos to Italy through the lens of contingent infrastructures: loosely coordinated and improvised assemblages of actors and practices that enable migration in the absence of effective institutionalised transnational recruitment systems. Drawing on policy content analysis and 28 semi-structured interviews conducted between 2023 and 2025, the paper analyses how these infrastructures operate within the opportunities opened by Italy's quota-based labour migration system, both within and beyond the domestic work sector. The article argues that, despite the existence of highly formalised labour migration channels, mobility in this corridor largely depends on the bottom-up activation of a heterogeneous and loosely coordinated set of actors, including long-established migrants, Italian employers, and legal-administrative intermediaries operating across Italy and the Philippines. These actors collectively bridge institutional gaps created by weak coordination between the Italian and Philippine migration regimes and by the absence of effective institutionalised transnational recruitment mechanisms capable of matching labour supply and demand in a sector that operates largely through word of mouth. The findings show that contingent infrastructures are deeply ambivalent. On the one hand, they enable migrants to access mobility opportunities and navigate restrictive migration policies. On the other hand, dependence on brokerage, interpersonal ties, and the discretionary practices of for-profit intermediaries exposes migrants to uncertainty, high costs and potential exploitation.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70224","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148915447","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":"From Advantage to Precarity: Evidence of Reversed Skill Returns Among Migrant Women With Caregiving Responsibilities","authors":"Felicia Istad, Yeonwoo Sim","doi":"10.1111/imig.70222","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70222","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Despite growing policy interest in attracting diverse talent, little is known about how family dynamics and caregiving responsibilities influence the labour market integration of skilled migrant workers. This article examines the employment of migrants in South Korea, focusing on the role of skill levels, gender, and caregiving responsibilities in shaping labour market outcomes. Applying a Difference-in-Differences approach to national survey data (<i>N</i> = 21,018), this study evaluates the stability of migrant employment amid labour market disruptions. The results show that migrants experienced an overall four percentage-point decline in employment, with a much sharper reduction among highly educated mothers, whose employment probability fell by 18.6 percentage points. This finding illuminates the compounded effects of human capital, gender, and family care duties on migrant labour market outcomes. The study contributes to research on migrant employment by demonstrating the gendered precarization of skills, emphasizing the role of caregiving responsibilities. The results underscore the need for family-friendly policies that address the specific vulnerabilities of female migrants in order to enhance their economic incorporation and long-term retention in the labour force.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148883521","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":"“We Create a Nest and Then They Leave”: Rural Refugee Resettlement and Dynamic Trust in Iceland","authors":"Lara Wilhelmine Hoffmann, Magnus T. Bernhardsson","doi":"10.1111/imig.70221","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70221","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Policy makers increasingly promote refugee resettlement in rural areas. Despite trust being widely recognized as central to successful resettlement, little attention has been given to how trust is manifested in rural regions and whether urban-based understanding of trust-building governance practices requires adaptation for rural settings. Drawing on 111 interviews (2023–2024) with refugees, teachers, municipal social services employees and volunteers involved in resettling Syrian and Iraqi refugees in Iceland (2015–2021), we conceptualize rural trust as a relational process shaped by mobility, memory, temporality, and hypervisibility. Situating our findings within trust and migration governance debates, we show how small localities manage responsibilities typically handled by larger bureaucracies and thereby exhibit an overlap between interpersonal and institutional trust. We argue for reflective approaches that account for mobility and temporality, consider common socio-demographic features of sparsely populated areas, while recognizing the heterogeneity of rural areas.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148883996","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":"‘People Recognise Us as the Bravest of the Brave’: Retired Gurkha Soldiers Negotiating Employment, Racialisation and Identity in Britain","authors":"Shovita Dhakal Adhikari, Louise Ryan","doi":"10.1111/imig.70219","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70219","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article aims to contribute new insights into ageing migrants and masculinity by drawing upon life story interviews with retired Nepali Gurkha soldiers settled in South-East England. Less is known about middle-aged and older migrants who migrate not to retire per se but to pursue a second or third career in later life. Our research adds new insights into how these men mobilise capitals to navigate new and unfamiliar job markets, post-retirement, in their middle and older age. Drawing upon the concept of ‘presentation of self’, the paper illustrates how Gurkha men utilise their martial identity—as brave, strong and loyal ex-soldiers in the British Army—to challenge discrimination and navigate new lives in Britain. However, the Gurkha image is also based on colonial racialisation. Nonetheless, we find that preserving their Gurkha identity and their legacy of service to the British Crown was not only to gain recognition of their military service and unique status, but also to assert their masculine identities in the new contexts in Britain.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70219","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148809930","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":"Rank, Degrading Treatment, and the Italy-Albania Agreement","authors":"Jamal Barnes, Obed Adonteng-Kissi","doi":"10.1111/imig.70217","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.70217","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In November 2023, Italy signed a five-year agreement with Albania to transfer asylum seekers intercepted in international waters by Italian vessels to Italian-run detention centres in Albania for asylum processing and deportation. The agreement has been controversial and raises several human rights issues. This article examines these human rights concerns and argues that the agreement is degrading by design. Analysing policy documents, legal cases, speeches, international human rights and refugee law, and philosophical and legal scholarship on the concept of degrading treatment, this article argues that the cumulative effect of subjecting people to unnecessary suffering, discrimination, and dehumanisation creates a structural risk of degrading human dignity that brings asylum seekers down in rank. This article makes an important contribution to the policy debates over the externalisation of asylum seekers in Europe by shedding light on the link between policy designs and the risk of degrading treatment.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70217","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148842965","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":"Care Preferences Beyond Filial Piety: How Second-Generation Chinese Migrants in the Netherlands Plan Care for Ageing Parents?","authors":"Peiyao Zhang, Özge Bilgili","doi":"10.1111/imig.70216","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.70216","url":null,"abstract":"<p>As more first-generation Chinese migrants in the Netherlands reach older age, increased attention is required to reconcile their care needs and expectations with the expectations and perspectives of their adult children. Moving beyond filial piety, this study examines how second-generation Chinese migrants develop and reflect on their preferences and plans for their parents' care. The study employs a developmental life course perspective (DLCP) to contribute to the understanding of the evolution of care planning from an individual perspective. Drawing on semi-structured interviews, the findings show that adult children are generally willing to support their parents, but seek simultaneously to establish boundaries in response to parental expectations. Institutional care is often preferred over family-based care, particularly when intensive support is anticipated. In this regard, filial piety is neither fully nor seamlessly transmitted across generations. The analysis based on DLCP sheds light on multiple tensions that are either intensified or mitigated through the perceived relevance of Dutch and Chinese cultures, past and present parent–child relationships, sibling dynamics, and agency in striving toward ideal care arrangements.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"64 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2026-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.70216","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148848731","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}