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The Philippine State and Aging Filipino Migrants 菲律宾国家与菲律宾移民老龄化

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-10-09 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251384612

Johanna O Zulueta

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Blurring the Boundary Between Regular and Irregular: Tamil Low-Wage Migrants in the Gulf and the Co-Construction of Khalluli 正规和非正规之间的界限模糊：海湾地区泰米尔低工资移民与Khalluli的共同建设

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-10-07 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251377390

Arokkiaraj Heller, Laavanya Kathiravelu

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Legal Status Categorization, Transitions, Starting Points as Employment Stratifying Mechanisms: Evidence from US Student-Migrant-Workers 法律地位分类、转变、就业分层机制的起点：来自美国学生移民工人的证据

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251381263

Xiaochen Liang

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Local Turn Through International Networking: Istanbul's Migration City Diplomacy 通过国际网络的地方转向：伊斯坦布尔的移民城市外交

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-30 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251381266

Pelin Kılınçarslan, Birce Altıok

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Book Review: Hosting States and Unsettled Guests RigganJ.PooleA.2024. Hosting States and Unsettled Guests: Eritrean Refugees in a Time of Migration Deterrence. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. 214 pages. $32.00 书评：《招待国家与不稳定的客人》[j]。东道国和不稳定的客人：移民威慑时期的厄立特里亚难民。印第安纳州布卢明顿：印第安纳大学出版社，214页。32.00美元

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251381207

Melissa Rooney

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Book Review: The EU Migrant Generation in Asia HofHelena. 2022. The EU Migrant Generation in Asia: Middle-Class Aspirations in Asian Global Cities. Bristol: Bristol University Press. 264 pages. GBP 85. 书评：亚洲的欧盟移民一代。2022. 亚洲的欧盟移民一代：亚洲全球化城市的中产阶级抱负。布里斯托尔：布里斯托大学出版社，264页。85英镑。

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-18 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251376527

Yen-Fen Tseng

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Double Jeopardy: Adaptive Social Protection for Venezuelans in Peru during the Pandemic 双重危险：大流行期间秘鲁委内瑞拉人的适应性社会保护

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-17 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251370713

Matthew D Bird, Luisa Feline Freier, Denisse Piérola

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The Political Ecology of Philippine Migration in a Changing Climate 气候变化下菲律宾移民的政治生态

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-15 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251377434

Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio

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Book Review: A Place in the Homeland? KılınçN.KingR.2025. A Place in the Homeland?: Turkish-German Return Migration. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. 328 pp., £95.00. 书评：国土上的一个地方？KılıncN.KingR.2025。在国土安全部占有一席之地？：土耳其-德国返回移民。爱丁堡：爱丁堡大学出版社，328页，95英镑。

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251377350

Michelle Lynn Kahn

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The Role of Social Media Content in Migration Aspirations: Mixed-Methods Evidence From Two Senegalese Regions 社交媒体内容在移民愿望中的作用：来自塞内加尔两个地区的混合方法证据

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International Migration Review Pub Date : 2025-09-12 DOI: 10.1177/01979183251376544

Daniel Meierrieks, Julia Stier

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