{"title":"Reed, Kate & Schenck, Marcia C.. 2023. The Right to Research: Historical Narratives by Refugees and Global South Researchers. Montreal, QC: McGill-Queen’s University Press. pp. 280.","authors":"Elena Isayev","doi":"10.1111/imig.13267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13267","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 3","pages":"131-133"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141073729","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":"Morris, Julia C. 2023. Asylum and Extraction in the Republic of Nauru. Ithaca & London: Cornell University Press. pp. 318.","authors":"Samantha O'Donnell","doi":"10.1111/imig.13268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13268","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 3","pages":"134-136"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141073730","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":"Laczko, Frank, Mosler Vidal, Elisa, Rango, Marzia. 2024. Measuring Global Migration: Towards Better Data for All. London & New York: Routledge. pp. 224.","authors":"Şule Toktaş","doi":"10.1111/imig.13270","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13270","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 3","pages":"137-139"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141073731","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}
Sebastián Umpierrez de Reguero, Rainer Bauböck, Klaudia Wegschaider
{"title":"Evaluating special representation of non‐resident citizens: Eligibility, constituency and proportionality","authors":"Sebastián Umpierrez de Reguero, Rainer Bauböck, Klaudia Wegschaider","doi":"10.1111/imig.13263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13263","url":null,"abstract":"So far, 21 countries have introduced—and some thereafter withdrawn—reserved legislative seats for their citizens living abroad. Existing literature on this form of special representation has studied this topic either empirically <jats:italic>or</jats:italic> normatively. We bring these two approaches together based on the main dimensions of institutional variation of special representation: (1) eligibility, (2) constituency structure and (3) electoral proportionality. We first discuss each dimension from a normative perspective. In the second step, we map the range of empirical variation and highlight the most common arrangements. We conclude that the normative justification for special representation is generally weak, but some institutional configurations pose fewer problems. Specifically, we see fewer issues with special representation when electoral inclusion is limited to the first generation of emigrants and when it is used to limit the electoral influence of non‐resident populations that make up a large share of the overall electorate. By grounding our normative discussion on an empirical mapping, we bridge two disconnected literatures on special representation of non‐resident citizens.","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"153 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140910668","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":"Searching for settlement information on Reddit","authors":"Stein Monteiro","doi":"10.1111/imig.13261","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.13261","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Newcomers are using informal means to find settlement information that is also freely available through formal settlement service providers. Newcomers may seek settlement information on Reddit when the same information might be found through a settlement service provider. This study finds that several Reddit submissions can be categorized in at least one or more of the formal settlement service categories. There is some overlap between informal conversations on Reddit and formalized settlement services. However, informal spaces go beyond providing settlement information in formalized categories. These results suggest that there is scope for policymakers to take a closer look at online conversations to better understand the needs of newcomers when they are looking for information about settling in Canada before and after they arrive. There is the potential to use this information to identify service gaps and create new funded settlement service categories. There is also the potential to accurately train a machine learning model to classify new Reddit submissions and produce real-time advice to policymakers on newcomer information needs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 3","pages":"100-119"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.13261","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140826396","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":"The impact of intersecting crises on recent intra-EU mobilities: The case of Spaniards in the UK and Germany","authors":"Anastasia Bermudez, Beltrán Roca","doi":"10.1111/imig.13266","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.13266","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article contributes to two interconnected fields of study: recent literature on intra-EU migration, specifically South–North flows; and scholarship into the impact of intersecting crises on (im)mobilities. Interest in intra-EU mobilities has increased with the expansion of the EU and especially since the 2008 Great Recession, with a focus mostly on young people and East–West flows. However, based on a mixed-methods research approach, this article looks at the recent migration of individuals and families from Spain to the UK and Germany, two of the main destinations in Europe. It explores the impacts on (im)mobility strategies of three intersecting “crises”: starting with emigration since 2008, including the erosion of EU mobile citizens' rights culminating in “Brexit,” and ending with the effects of COVID-19. Our analysis situates these migrant experiences in the interplay between core-periphery theories and the concept of liquid migration, highlighting how crises accentuate vulnerabilities but can also generate opportunities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 4","pages":"145-159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.13266","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140640038","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":"Healthcare delivery in the shadow of war: The experiences of Turkish nurses providing care to Syrian asylum-seekers","authors":"Ayşe Çiçek Korkmaz, Ülkü Baykal","doi":"10.1111/imig.13265","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.13265","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Syrian civil war caused humanitarian tragedy, resulting in significant losses and massive migration movement, significantly impacting nursing services. The purpose of this study was to identify the problems and experiences of nurses who provided care for Syrian asylum seekers in Turkish border hospitals during the war. This phenomenological and qualitative research selected participants with maximum diversity sampling. Interviews were conducted with 68 nurses who provided care and treatment to asylum seekers during the peak of the war. Data analysis identified two main themes and nine sub-themes: language differences, interpreting services, intercultural differences, complex patients, non-compliance with hospital rules, treatment programmes and discharge issues. The nurses experienced both positive and negative emotions during the process. During the Syrian war, patient care issues were identified as being primarily caused by language and cultural differences among asylum seekers and nurses. During this process, nurses who cared for severe injuries and asylum-seekers experienced both positive and negative emotions simultaneously.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 3","pages":"20-40"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140622837","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":"Does skill emigration hurt unskilled workers? Theory and cross-country evidence","authors":"Saibal Kar, Sugata Marjit","doi":"10.1111/imig.13259","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.13259","url":null,"abstract":"<p>How does out-migration of skilled workers affect unskilled workers' wage in the source country? When skilled workers emigrate, unskilled wages tend to go down in some countries. If the sector that uses both skilled and unskilled workers shows a lower degree of capital intensity as compared to sectors that use only skilled workers in production, it is a common outcome. We use 19 years of cross-country data from the International Labor Organization (ILO) spanning Asia and Latin America to show that skill emigration reduces unskilled wage unambiguously for panel fixed effects and difference generalized method of moments (DGMM) estimates. The structure is also subjected to system GMM with endogenous covariates and allied robustness checks. Importantly, we find a critical level of tertiary education, such that countries generating more skill shall face weaker negative impact on unskilled wages.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 3","pages":"41-56"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140622860","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":"Refugee entrepreneurship in a non-western country: How do Syrian refugee entrepreneurs respond to diaspora consciousness and negative prejudice?","authors":"Mohamed Mousa","doi":"10.1111/imig.13260","DOIUrl":"10.1111/imig.13260","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The aim of this paper is to identify how the diaspora consciousness of Syrian entrepreneurs in Egypt might affect their business practices. The research sample comprises semi-structured interviews with Syrian refugee owners of small and medium-sized businesses in Egypt. Thematic analysis was subsequently used to determine the main ideas in the transcripts from the interviews. The findings showed that diaspora consciousness stimulates Syrian refugees to actively engage in three categories of business-related practices: contextual (expanding entrepreneurial activities outside their host country, desire to constitute a Western country-based business venture), functional (reliance on a value chain within the same nationality, tending to adopt shadow economy practices), and procedural practices (preferring to develop family businesses, establishing only small and medium-sized enterprises). This paper contributes by filling a gap in the literature on refugee entrepreneurship in which empirical studies on the effect of diaspora consciousness on the business practices of refugee entrepreneurs have been limited so far.</p>","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 3","pages":"57-72"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140557309","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":"Queer asylum: Between hostility and incredibility","authors":"Diego Garcia Rodriguez, Calogero Giametta","doi":"10.1111/imig.13221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13221","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The field of queer migration studies has significantly evolved in recent decades, with interdisciplinary scholars exploring the unique experiences of LGBTIQ+ people. This scholarship has emphasised that migrations are not solely motivated by economic or familial factors but are interwoven with migrants' sexuality and gender (Lewis & Naples, <span>2014</span>; Luibheid, <span>2008</span>). Initially, the focus was on the internal migrations of queer people from rural to urban areas, but the scope has since broadened considerably. By intersecting perspectives emerging from queer, feminist and migration studies, scholars started to focus their critique on the heteronormativity of immigration institutions (Giametta, <span>2017</span>; Murray, <span>2015</span>; Raboin, <span>2017</span>). This literature underscored that individuals subjected to border control—irrespective of their sexual orientation or gender identity—systematically encounter gendered and racialised violence inherent to such policies. Amidst this, queer migration scholarship expanded its study beyond strictly defined sexuality and gender identities to investigate the power dynamics and inequalities that arise through migration (Lewis, <span>2019</span>; Luibheid, <span>2008</span>; Mole, <span>2018</span>; Seitz, <span>2017</span>; Williams, <span>2010</span>). These studies have elicited original theorisations concerning neglected migration histories moulded by post-colonialism, asylum seeking and labour migration.</p><p>Over time, the academic focus of queer migration scholars shifted to address issues of forced migration, especially considering growing gender and sexuality-based asylum cases. In this commentary, while we explore global trends in queer asylum scholarship, the United Kingdom will be used as a case study to illustrate wider phenomena considering our work in this context. Our research reveals that, while current legislation acknowledges the validity of claims based on gender and sexual identities, its practical application presents significant obstacles. In September 2023, the then British Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, emphasised that simply being LGBTIQ+ and fearing discrimination in one's country of origin should not qualify for protection.<sup>1</sup> She asserted that discrimination alone seems to warrant refugee protection in the United Kingdom, which is factually inaccurate and reflects anti-migrant sentiments among the political class. Her statements ignored the strict standards set by the Nationality and Borders Act (NABA) 2022, which has raised concerns about its conflict with international treaties. The subsequent Illegal Migration Act 2023 further tightened these policies, mandating the removal of individuals who enter through ‘illegal’ routes.</p><p>The complexities inherent in the asylum-seeking process, demonstrated by the UK case, have drawn increasing academic interest, leading to the emergence of queer asylum studies. For LGBTIQ+ individua","PeriodicalId":48011,"journal":{"name":"International Migration","volume":"62 2","pages":"232-236"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/imig.13221","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140342964","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}