Migration

New Book – Dignity in Movement: Borders, Bodies and Rights

Jasmin Lilian Diab • Jun 22 2021 • Features

A diverse range of authors offer interdisciplinary perspectives on developments across the forced migration sphere, discussing the notions of belonging, stigma, discrimination and racism.

How London’s Latin American Women Make Families, Communities and Rights Visible

Domiziana Turcatti • Jun 22 2021 • Articles

Confining migrant women’s social reproductive work to the private realm of domesticity prevents us from appreciating its political and public dimensions.

Governing Movement in Displacement: The Case of North Jordan

Hannah Owens • Jun 20 2021 • Articles

Migrants hold a capacity to enact sites and situations through their very presence and relationship to structured governance.

A Decolonial Feminist Analysis of Narratives from Nicaragua and El Salvador

Fiore Bran Aragón • Jun 17 2021 • Articles

The infra-political and political resistances articulated by migrant women and caregiver grandmothers contribute to the reconfiguration of their identities.

Women for Profit – Seeking Asylum in the United States: A Neocolonial Story

Sara Riva • Jun 14 2021 • Articles

Through neoliberal processes, women who seek asylum are subject to exploitation both in their countries of origin and once they reach their destinations.

At the EU-Turkey Border, Human Rights Violations are No Longer Clandestine Operations

Meredith Veit and Flo Strass • Jun 3 2021 • Articles

If the Greek islands are closing down legitimate operations for humanitarian assistance, it will take a large toll on migrants and EU citizens alike.

Rejected Asylum Claims and Children in International Human Rights Law

Anne-Cecile Leyvraz • May 30 2021 • Articles

An international perspective creates a counter-narrative on migration that stands out from state-centered discourses on irregularity and fights against abuses.

Interview – Sharmila Parmanand

E-International Relations • May 20 2021 • Features

Sharmila Pamanand discusses the gendered dynamics of human trafficking, efforts to stop trafficking, and the transnational role of the female migrant.

The Cruelty of Kafala: Immigrant Life in Kuwait

Lorcán Owens • May 18 2021 • Articles

Educating children and society that exploitation is immoral and demonstrating tolerance, equality and human dignity is the only way to end the Kafala mentality.

A Foucauldian Reading of the Global Compact for Migration

Anna Closas Casasampera • Apr 26 2021 • Articles

Understanding security in its larger function of ordering the social illuminates the exceptionality surrounding human mobilities and challenges concepts such as ‘border’, and ‘citizenship’.

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