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The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) flagship publication has launched a dynamic new webpage that connects fact-based narratives on migration with interactive data visualizations on some of the latest global migration data and information. It is the first microsite of its kind since the World Migration Report (WMR) series began more than two decades ago. 

Prof. Siegel looks into the Netherlands using the EU’s Atlas of Migration in her Migration Snapshot series.

Again using the EU’s Atlas of Migration, Prof. Siegel looks into Germany. In doing this she looks at immigrants and emigrants as well as the number of visas issued. 

The Seminar Series on Forced Migration which will be given by Prof. Nergis Canefe (York University), titled “Decolonizing Forced Migration Studies: Lessons from Borderlands”. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, May 12, 2021 starting at 5pm CET (Vienna time)/11am CST (Toronto time) and will be held online. Everyone is welcome and please find the registration here. 

The agenda for the Symposium is as follows: 

May 11, 2021: Opening Ceremony 

The symposium will commence with welcome remarks from HDSR Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Xiao Li Meng, USA for IOM CEO, Luca Dall’oglio, and USA for UNHCR CEO, Anne-Marie Grey. 

International migration is a key feature of globalization. Yet there is no international migration regime that would support cooperation and governance at the global level. This makes for enduring and worldwide migration crises. This article identifies five distinct patterns of migration governance: (1) national/sovereign migration governance, according to which migration is an issue of state sovereignty; (2) global anti-migrant governance, which posits that cooperation and governance exist in practice, but either to control migration (global forced immobility governance) or to exploit migrant labour (global labour exploitation governance); (3) global rights-based migration governance, grounded in human rights and international norms; (4) managerial/developmental global migration governance, which aims at steering migration flows to optimize their utility; and (5) the free (non)-governance of migration, premised on ethical and utilitarian arguments in favour of free movement. The article discusses the implications of this typology for understanding current and future prospects of migration governance. 

The conflict in Myanmar has forced roughly 850,000 Rohingya refugees to flee across the border into Bangladesh. Many now live in a series of sprawling refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been an increase in the number of Rohingya refugees moving from Bangladesh and Myanmar, towards other countries in Southeast Asia. High population density, a lack of knowledge about COVID-19 and a lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in settlements have exacerbated the risks among Rohingya refugees and migrants. 

Anschütz S. & Mazzucato V. (2021). Reconceptualizing family reunification from a youth mobilities perspective: transnational youth between Ghana and Belgium. Children’s Geographies. 

Leclerc C., Vink M., and Schmeets H. (2021) Citizenship Acquisition and Spatial Stratification: Analysing Immigrant Residential Mobility in the Netherlands. Urban Studies. 

The conflict in Myanmar has forced roughly 850,000 Rohingya refugees to flee across the border into Bangladesh. Many now live in a series of sprawling refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been an increase in the number of Rohingya refugees moving from Bangladesh and Myanmar, towards other countries in Southeast Asia. High population density, a lack of knowledge about COVID-19 and a lack of access to water, sanitation, and hygiene in settlements have exacerbated the risks among Rohingya refugees and migrants. 

Focussing on Hard-to-Reach populations, the course provides an introduction to research methods in conducting research, both qualitative and quantitative, on marginal, hidden and excluded population. It will cover research on topics such as migrants; refugees and displaced people; children and adolescents; sex workers; homeless; LGBT; victims of violence, conflicts or trafficking; HIV/AIDS; drug users as well as topics proposed by participants. Aimed to promote action-oriented research, the course introduces the main theories and research approaches on exclusion and marginalization using different frameworks and techniques. It addresses methods and strategies to address the dangers associate with the lack of systematic use of solid research methodology, ethics, data collection and analysis in the formulation and evaluation of policies and programs. 

In this new video Melissa Siegel dives in to the Atlas of Migration developed by the European Commission’s Knowledge Center on Migration and Demography. The Atlas is a collection of data from numerous sources in a central, easily accessible online platform. In her video Melissa addresses the history and composition of the atlas.