Events: The Global Governance of International Migration: What Next?

The Global Governance of International Migration: What Next?

The regulation of international migration and migrant rights are among the most contested public policy issues around the world. In 2013-14 a series of high-level policy meetings (including the High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development in New York – http://bit.ly/UNDESA-dialogue – and the Global Forum on Migration and Development in Stockholm – http://www.gfmd.org/en/) will debate the global governance of migration, migrant rights and development.

Do we need more global governance of international migration? If so, why and what should it aim to achieve? How, if at all, should international migration be integrated in the post-2015 development agenda?

Join us for a panel discussion on Friday 29th November at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, and take part in the debate. This event is led and hosted by Kellogg College (http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/) and jointly sponsored with COMPAS (http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk), RSC (http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk) and IMI (http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk).

Chair: Robin Cohen (Kellogg College and International Migration Institute, Oxford) http://www.imi.ox.ac.uk/about-us/people/robin-cohen

Panellists:

*  Paul Collier (Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford), author of Exodus: How Migration is Changing the World, Oxford University Press 2013
http://www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/people/paul-collier, http://bit.ly/exodus-change

*  Ian Goldin (Oxford Martin School), author of Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future, Princeton University Press 2012
http://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/director/, http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9301.html

*  Cathryn Costello (Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford), author of The Human Rights of Migrants in European Law, Oxford University Press 2014
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/people/academic-staff/cathryn-costello, http://bit.ly/migrants-euro-law

*  Martin Ruhs (Kellogg College, OUDCE and COMPAS, Oxford), author of The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration, Princeton University Press 2013
http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/martin-ruhs, http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10140.html

Timetable:

17.00-18.30 Panel Discussion in the lecture hall at the University of Oxford Museum of Natural History 18.30-19.30 Drinks Reception at Kellogg College 19.30-21.30 Dinner at Kellogg College

Both the panel discussion and drinks reception are FREE of charge. The dinner at Kellogg College is £15.00 per person.

To book please email: bookings@kellogg.ox.ac.uk Please specify whether your booking pertains to the discussion, drinks and/or dinner. Include names of all guests and any dietary requirements.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Towards New Migration Systems, Patterns and Policies in Eurasia: The Case of Turkey and the Russian Federation Monday 25 November http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/events/forthcoming/

ABOUT COMPAS

The mission of COMPAS is to conduct high quality research in order to develop theory and knowledge, inform policy-making and public debate, and engage users of research within the field of migration.

More about COMPAS: http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/

 

ToC: International Migration – Special Issue: Incorporating Faith: Religion and Immigrant Incorporation in the West

The latest Table of Contents Alert for the journal International Migration has just been published.  This is a Special Issue on: Incorporating Faith: Religion and Immigrant Incorporation in the West and is Volume 51, Issue 3 (June 2013).  Further details of the articles include din this volume are available below:

International Migration – Special Issue on: Incorporating Faith: Religion and Immigrant Incorporation in the West and is Volume 51, Issue 3 (June 2013) : Pages 1–217

Guest Editor Phillip Connor

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1. Introduction (pages 1–7)Phillip Connor

   Article first published online: 23 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/imig.12094

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2. God Can Wait – New Migrants in Germany Between Early Adaptation and Religious Reorganization (pages 8–22)Claudia Diehl and Matthias Koenig

   Article first published online: 23 MAY 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/imig.12093

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3. God Bless Our Children? The Role of Generation, Discrimination and Religious Context for Migrants in Europe (pages 23–37)Koen Van der Bracht, Bart Van de Putte and Pieter-Paul Verhaeghe

   Article first published online: 15 APR 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/imig.12075

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4. Intergenerational Change in Religious Salience Among Immigrant Families in Four European Countries (pages 38–56)Konstanze Jacob and Frank Kalter

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5. Piety in a Secular Society: Migration, Religiosity, and Islam in Britain (pages 57–66)Valerie A. Lewis and Ridhi Kashyap

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6. Intermarriage Attitudes Among Minority and Majority Groups in Western Europe: The Role of Attachment to the Religious In-Group (pages 67–83)Sarah Carol

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7. Religious Dimensions of Contexts of Reception: Comparing Two New England Cities(pages 84–98)Wendy Cadge, Peggy Levitt, Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky and Casey Clevenger

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8. Religion as A Context of Reception: The Case of Haitian Immigrants in Miami, Montreal and Paris (pages 99–112)Margarita A. Mooney

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   1. Emigration and Economic Theory: Missing the Boat in Mexico and Ecuador (pages 113–132)Jon Jonakin

      Article first published online: 28 JAN 2013 | DOI: 10.1111/imig.12036

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   2. Voluntary Association Involvement and Immigrant Network Diversity (pages 133–150)S.R. Lauer and M. C. Yan

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   3. Theoretical rhetoric about migration networks: A case of a journey of Bangladeshi workers to Malaysia (pages 151–168)AKM Ahsan Ullah

      Article first published online: 15 OCT 2009 | DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2009.00579.x

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   4. Mass Media and Rural Out-Migration in the Context of Social Change: Evidence from Nepal (pages 169–193)Martin Piotrowski

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   5. Transnational Ties During a Time Of Crisis: Israeli Emigration, 2000 To 2004 (pages 194–216)Steven Gold and Rona Hart

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Event: the 2013 Marie Jahoda Summer School on the issue “Migration and Inequality”.

Event: the 2013 Marie Jahoda Summer School on the issue “Migration and Inequality”.

Link:  www.soz.univie.ac.at/marie-jahoda-summer-school-2013/

Migration is a key challenge in contemporary societies. The magnitude of people who live and work abroad has never been as large as today, with migrants making crucial contributions to economic, social, cultural and political transformation in modern societies. This situation is a momentous challenge for the social sciences: The issues to be addressed include the causes, progress and consequences of migration; the relevance of (familial) networks as well as cultural, symbolic and economic capital for migrational processes; migrants’ living conditions; and the manifold and partially conflictual relationships between natives and immigrants. Moreover, spatial structures and processes of delimitation are paramount to international migration and are to be explored in terms of divergent political frameworks.

Attending to the subjects of migration and inequality, the Marie Jahoda Summer School of Sociology is pleased to invite dedicated PhD students to send in their applications. The work will focus on five core themes supervised by a high-ranking international faculty.

The Summer School will be hosted by the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, and is funded by the University of Vienna.

A programme for the Summer school is available by clicking on the image below:

ToC: International Migration February 2013, Volume 51, Issue 1 Pages 1–212

The latest Table of Contents for the journal International Migration has just been published.  Further details for this issue, namely Volume 51, Issue 1 Pages 1–212 (February 2013) can be found by following the link below and details of some of the articles available are also included.

Link – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imig.2013.51.issue-1/issuetoc

Rationalities and Images Underlying Labour Migration from Bangladesh to Malaysia (pages 40–60)
By Petra Dannecker

The Impact of Communal Organizational Density on the Labour Market Integration of Immigrants in Canada (pages 92–114)
By Philippe Couton.

Foreigners and Outsiders: Exclusionist Attitudes towards Labour Migrants in Israel (pages 136–151)

By Rebeca Raijman.

An Estimation of the Economic Impact of Migrant Access on GDP: the Case of the Madrid Region (pages 169–185)

By Rafael de Arce and Ramon Mahia.

Immigrant Populations and the Labour Market in Greece at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century (pages 186–212)
By Vasilis S. Gavalas, George M. Korres and Apostolos Giannakos

New Publications on National Legislation; International migration; and Egypt

New Publications on National Legislation

Details of these new publications were originally circulated by Elisa Mason on the incredibly useful: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog.  Further details can be found on the website at:  http://fm-cab.blogspot.co.uk/

The Refugee Rights Unit at the University of Cape Town has published the following working papers as part of its “Analysis of Domestic Refugee Legislation in the SADC” research project:

• Working Paper on Namibia’s Refugee Legislation, Paper no. 1 [text]
• The Institution of Asylum in Malawi and International Refugee Law: A Review of the 1989 Refugee Act, Paper, no. 2 [text]
• Working Paper on Zambia’s Refugee Legislation, Paper no. 3 [text]

UNHCR is another useful resource for this type of analysis. You can find many of its comments on national laws and policies in Refworld under the following sections:

• Category: Policy documents–UN High Commissioner for Refugees–Comments on national legislation [access]
• Category: Policy documents–UN High Commissioner for Refugees–Commentaries (these are mainly related to EU developments) [access]
• Category: Legal information–UN High Commissioner for Refugees–Comments on national legislation [access]

Actually, since these documents are not consistently indexed, it may be best to look to see what is available for a specific country.  For example, to see if UNHCR commented on Canada’s recent legislative developments, select the country from under the appropriate regions list, then select “UN High Commissioner for Refugees” from the publisher tab.  The subsequent listing includes “UNHCR Submission on Bill C-31: Protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act.”

Other Publications

International migration and over-indebtedness: the case of Filipino workers in Italy.
By Charito Basa, Violeta De Guzman, Sabrina Marchetti for the International Institute for Environment and Displacement, (IIED).

Remittances from international migrants are a crucial component of the economy of the Philippines and a vital resource for many households, increasingly so as the prices of basic commodities skyrocket as a result of the current global financial crisis. The latter also affects Italy, a main destination for Filipino migrants, with declining demand for workers in domestic and care services where migrants concentrate. The upshot is growing levels of indebtedness among Filipino migrants. Building on the long-standing work of the Filipino Women’s Council, a grassroots migrants’ association, this paper explores the various dimensions of such indebtedness and its root causes. It analyses how limited access to formal financial institutions, responsibilities towards relatives and the combined impacts of economic pressures in both the Philippines and Italy affect migrants’ incomes and the need to borrow. While indebtedness has long been overlooked in debates on migration and development, there is growing evidence that it is a rapidly emerging problem that requires further investigation and appropriate, supportive policies.

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Rampant Impunity: Still no justice for protestors killed in the `25 January Revolution.’
By Amnesty International.
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See Also: Press Release – Egypt: Security forces continue to get away with murder two years on from start of uprising

 

 

Table of Contents: International Migration

The latest Table of Contents alert for the journal International Migration has just been published.  This is for Volume 50, Issue 6 Pages 1–231, (December 2012) and some of the articles included in this volume include:

Syrian Self-Initiated Expatriates: Emotional Connections from Abroad (pages 1–17)
By Ben K. Beitin

Le Parkour: Urban Street Culture and the Commoditization of Male Youth Expression (pages 18–27)
By Scott Stapleton and Susan Terrio

The Flag or the Pocketbook: To What are Immigrants a Threat (pages 28–41)

By Deniz Aksoy.

Return Migration: The Experience of Eastern Europe (pages 109–128)
By Reiner Martin and Dragos Radu

For full details, visit: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imig.2012.50.issue-6/issuetoc

New Publications on South-South Humanitarianism;Emigration from the UK; Roma; Burma; and International Migration

South-South humanitarianism

Workshop report: South-South Humanitarianism in contexts of forced displacement.
By Julia Pacitto.

This workshop report offers a thematic discussion of the main issues covered throughout the course of the international workshop on ‘South-South humanitarian responses to forced displacement’ convened by Dr. Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford in October 2012, in addition to presenting areas and questions for further research.

The workshop was generously supported by the Oxford Department of International Development and Refugee Studies Centre (University of Oxford) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ Policy Development and Evaluation Service (UNHCR-PDES). Dr. Fiddian-Qasmiyeh’s broader research project, South-South Humanitarianism in Contexts of Forced Displacement, is funded by an Oxford University Fell Fund Award (2012-2013).

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Emigration from the UK
Home Office Research Report 68, November 2012.
By Rosemary Murray, David Harding, Timothy Angus, Rebecca Gillespie
and Harsimran Arora.

Home Office Research Report 68 presents information from academic research and surveys drawn together to present key aspects of long-term emigration from the United Kingdom. This includes recent outward migration and some trends over the last twenty years, separately for British, European Union (EU) and non-EU citizens.

The report considers where emigrants go, how long for, and their motivations. The evidence suggests emigration is mainly for work, and that key destinations for British citizens are Australia, Spain, the United States, and France.  Reasons and drivers for emigration from the UK appear to vary across citizenship groups. Whilst many factors influence emigration, British and EU citizen emigration appears to be associated with changes in unemployment and exchange rates. This is less apparent for non-EU citizens.

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Czech Republic: Five more years of injustice: Segregated education for Roma in Czech Republic.
A report by Amnesty International.
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Report on the Human Rights Situation in Burma (April – September 2012).

Report on the Human Rights Situation in Burma (April – September 2012)

Produced by the Network for Human Rights Documentation–Burma.
From the introduction:

Over the period of this report, the political landscape in Burma has undergone noticeable shifts. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, once a political prisoner under house arrest, recently returned from a whirlwind tour of the United States where she received the Congres- sional Gold Medal, America’s highest civilian honour. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi and members of the U.S. Congress touted her cooperation with Burmese President Thein Sein, who visited the United Nations in New York City. The trip, at the urging of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, also resulted in the further easing of sanctions on the Burmese gov- ernment, including an end to the crippling ban on imports.

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International Migration Outlook 2012

International Migration Outlook 2012.
Produced by the OECD.

This publication provides an analysis of recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and two analytical chapters, covering the role of migration in renewing the skills of ageing workforces and the role of Asia in international migration.

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News: 7 PhD scholarships in Migration, Urbanization and Societal Change at Malmö University, Sweden

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7 PhD scholarships in Migration, Urbanization and Societal Change at Malmö University, Sweden

Posted on behalf of Carina Listerborn:

Pre-announcement

7 PhD scholarships in Migration, Urbanization and Societal Change

The Faculty of Culture and Society at Malmö University, Sweden, has 7 fully-funded four-year PhD scholarships available for candidates from all over the world. 4 scholarships will be in the subject of Urban Studies (two of which with a focus on Real Estate Science) and 3 in International Migration and Ethnic relations.

For more information about Malmö University:

www.mah.se

For information on eligibility criteria, conditions and application procedures visit:

http://www.mah.se/english/research/Postgraduate-studies/ (English)

http://www.mah.se/Forskning/Utbildning-pa-forskarniva/ (Swedish)

The posts will be announced on the 6th of September here; http://www.mah.se/medarbetare/Personalfragor/Platsannonser/

Deadline for applications 1th of October 2012.

International Migration Journal and Publications on Statelessness; Climate/Environmental Change; Resettlement; Displacement

International Migration

Latest issue of the journal International Migration, Volume 50, Issue 3 (June 2012), Pages 1–97.  Special edition on: Migration and Development Buzz? Rethinking the Migration Development Nexus and Policies.
[Access – Table of Contents]

No Way Out, No Way In

No Way Out, No Way In: Irregular migrant children and families in the UK.
A new report published by the ESRC Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS) at the University of Oxford.
[Download Full Report]
(Source: Irregular Voices blog).

Kuwait: Security Forces Forcibly Disperse Stateless Residents (Human Rights Watch, May 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Statelessness in the Canadian Context

Statelessness in the Canadian Context: An Updated Discussion Paper (UNHCR, March 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

World Map: Parties to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons and 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (UNHCR, as of 1 May 2012) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Climate Change and Fragile States: Rethinking Adaptation, SOURCE, no. 16 (UNU-EHS & Munich Re, 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Climate Change and Fragile States: Rethinking Adaptation, SOURCE, no. 16 (UNU-EHS & Munich Re, 2012) [text]

Learning Lessons: Intense Climate-related Natural Disasters in Asia and the Pacific (Asian Development Bank, April 2012) [text via PreventionWeb]

Resettlement of Ecological Migrants in Georgia: Recent Developments and Trends in Policy, Implementation, and Perceptions, Working Paper, no. 53 (ECMI, Jan. 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Rethinking Durable Solutions to Displacement in the Context of Climate Change (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, May 2012) [text via ReliefWeb].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Migrant Boat Tragedy – Interactive (The Guardian, March 2012) [access]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

The Plight of Internally Displaced Persons (Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement, April 2012) [access].
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Rights Displaced: The Effects of Long-term Encampment on the Human Rights of Refugees, Working Paper, no. 4 (Refugee Law Initiative, May 2012) [text]
(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog).

Rwandan Refugees Face no Choice but Repatriation (Open Democracy, May 2012) [text]

New: Internal Migration Journal, Volume 50, Number 2 (April 2012)

International Migration

The latest edition of the International Migration journal, Volume 50 Number 2, (April 2012), has been published by the International Organization for Migration. (IOM).

The table of contents can be found on the Ingenta website – Table of Contents – and some of the articles published in this edition include:

The U.S. Diversity Visa Programme and the Transfer of Skills from Africa
pp. 1-19(19)
Authors: Ikubolajeh Logan, B.; Thomas, Kevin J. A.

The Sonoran Desert’s Domestic Bracero Programme: Institutional Actors and the Creation of Labour Migration Streams
pp. 20-40(21)
Authors: Chávez, Sergio

Capacity and Solidarity: Foundational Elements in the Unionization Strategy for Immigrant Day Labourers
pp. 41-64(24)
Author: Camou, Michelle

Nigerians in China: A Second State of Immobility
pp. 65-80(16)
Authors: Haugen, Heidi Østbø

Making a living at the interface of legality and illegality: Chinese migrant workers in Israel
pp. 81-98(18)
Author: Minghuan, Li

Changes in Irregular Emigration: A Field Report from Fuzhou
pp. 99-112(14)
Authors: Sheng, Lin; Bax, Trent

Religion as a Core Value in Language Maintenance: Arabic Speakers in Greece
pp. 113-129(17)
Author: Gogonas, Nikos

Balm for The Soul: Immigrant Religion and Emotional Well-Being
pp. 130-157(28)
Author: Connor, Phillip

New Volumes of Refugee Survey Quarterly & International Migration

Refugee Survey Quarterly

The latest issue of Refugee Survey Quarterly (RSQ) has been published. Articles in vol. 31, no. 1 (March 2012) include:

• The Faltering US Refugee Protection System: Legal and Policy Responses to Refugees, Asylum-Seekers, and Others in Need of Protection [abstract] [related report]

• Social Exclusion of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon: Reflections on the Mechanisms that Cement their Persistent Poverty [abstract]
• Struggle for Recognition: Bosnian Refugees’ Employment Experiences in Sweden [abstract]
• Being a Tibetan Refugee in India [abstract]
• Negotiating the Humanitarian Past: History, Memory, and Unstable Cityscapes in Kampala, Uganda [abstract]
• Subsidiary Protection and the Function of Article 15(c) of the Qualification Directive [abstract]

(Source: Forced Migration Current Awareness Blog)

International Migration

The latest edition of International Migration, Volume 50, Issue Supplement s1, has also just been published.  Articles include

• Anniversary Message from Frank Laczko, Head of the Migration Research Division, IOM, Geneva
• Anniversary Message from the Editor Elzbieta Gozdziak
• Turkish Immigrants’ Hopes and Fears around Return Migration by Aysem R. Şenyürekli and Cecilia Menjívar
• Managing Transnationalism: Continuity and Change in Turkish State Policy by Liza Mügge
• Turkish Migrants and Native Germans Compared: The Effects of Inter-Ethnic and Intra-Ethnic Friendships on the Transition from Unemployment to Work by Bram Lancee and Anne Hartung
• The International Migration System Between Turkey and Russia: Project-Tied Migrant Workers in Moscow by Ahmet İçduygu and Ayşem Biriz Karaçay
• Creating an Enabling Environment for Diasporas’ Participation in Homeland Development by Jennifer M. Brinkerhoff
• Factoring Turbulence Out: Diaspora Regulatory Mechanism and Migration Development Bank by Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan and Arkady V. Gevorkyan
• Formalizing Diaspora–State Relations: Processes and Tensions in the Jamaican Case by Amanda Sives
• Reconstructing the Sikh Diaspora by Harpreet Kaur
• A Fractured Transnational Diaspora: The Case of Zimbabweans in Britain by Dominic Pasura
• Trans-Local Communities in the Age of Transnationalism: Bosnians in Diaspora by Hariz Halilovich
• Standing in the Shadow of Civil Society? The 4th Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Mexico by Stefan Rother

There is currently FREE access to a number of these articles on the Wiley journal suppliers website.  To access this website, click on the link here:  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/imig.2012.50.issue-1/issuetoc