Melissa Siegel’s latest video explores whether cash transfers deter migrants

In this YouTube video, Melissa Siegel shares her reflections on the 2022 policy paper “Do Cash Transfers Deter Migration?” by Michael Clements.

New video by Melissa Siegel on why people do not migrate

There are huge potential gains in moving, both internally, and especially internationally. This is especially true for developing countries. But why, then, are people not moving? This is exactly what we will be discussing in Melissa Siegel’s latest YouTube video,…

Call for Abstracts: Migration Policy Practice

The editorial team of IOM’s Migration Policy Practice (MPP) is pleased to share a new call for abstracts. Submissions are welcome on a range of topics including evolving/new migration patterns and processes, as well as particular migrant groups such as migrant workers,…

Call for PhD representatives within IMISCOE Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism

The IMISCOE Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism is looking for PhD representatives. The objective of IMISCOE’s Standing Committee on Migrant Transnationalism (MITRA) is to provide an arena within IMISCOE for academic exchange on migrant transnationalism. MITRA is currently looking for…

24/05/2023 – GTD Colloquium: Strange(r) Families – Contesting the ‘Family’ and the ‘Nation’ in Migration Law

The next GTD colloquium will take place on Wednesday 24 May, organized by the Globalization, Transnationalism and Development research program at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. In this colloquium, Dr. Saskia Bonjour from the University of Amsterdam will…

New videos on migration and transnationalism by Melissa Siegel

Several new videos on various aspects of migration and transnationalism are available on Melissa Siegel’s YouTube channel. Climate Refugees: Should You Use the Term? ‘Climate Refugees’ is probably a term you have heard before and maybe you have even used…

An examination of the legislative framework and policy instruments in the EU migration and asylum law

Gunay T. and Schneider H. (2022) An examination of the legislative framework and policy instruments in the EU migration and asylum law. MIGNEX Background Paper. Oslo: Peace Research Institute Oslo. Available here.

New video on the MISTY Research Project by Melissa Siegel

In this latest video by Melissa Siegel, she examines the motivations and some of the outcomes of the Mistity Project which is examining the interaction of Migration, Sustainability and Transformation. For more information on the project, click here. To watch…

25/01/2023 – UNU-MERIT/MACIMIDE Seminar on The Russian Narration of the Deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944

Abstract: Deportation – the forcible eviction of the Crimean Tatar people from their historical homeland – from the Crimea, carried out during May 18–21, 1944, is one of the crimes of the Soviet totalitarian regime. Forcible deportation of large groups…

Melissa Siegel’s latest video examines migrant integration in India

Through this series, Melissa Siegel looks at how national policies facilitate migrant integration on a country-by-country basis with the use of MIGNEX’s data. In this video she looks at the favorability of integration policies in India. To watch the video…