International Migration

Papers
(The median citation count of International Migration is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Resilience in action: Poland's response to the migration crisis caused by the war in Ukraine38
Land, agriculture and migration30
Migration information campaigns: How to analyse their impact?27
Who Deserves to Stay? Latent Profiles of Public Perceptions of Migrant Deservingness in Turkey25
Staying Between Borders: Experiences of Teachers Working With Preschool‐Age Refugee Children25
Rhetoric and Storytelling Within the U.S. Asylum Process: Shelter RhetoricsBy MónicaReyes, New York: Routledge, 2025. 127 pp. $53.59 (Hardback). ISBN: 978‐1‐03‐238285‐2.24
Afterword: Migration's longue Durée22
Nikielska‐Sekula, Karolina and Desille, Amandine. 2021. Visual Methodology in Migration Studies: Possibilities, Theoretical Implications, and Questions. Springer Nature. pp. 343.21
Buckling under ageing and climate crisis: Migration flows in Turkish agriculture21
The 2015 EU‐Africa joint Valletta action plan on immigration: A parable of complex interdependence18
Migration 2030: Governing migration in a globalising world17
Letter from the editors16
Issue Information14
Drones: Robot eyes on racialized migrant bodies14
Cross‐border mobility, inequality and migration intermediaries: Labour migration from Nepal to Malaysia14
In search of children's best interest14
Probationary precarity? Differential inclusion among post‐graduation work permit‐holders in Canada13
Betts, Alexander. 2021The Wealth of Refugees: How Displaced People Can Build Economies. Oxford University Press:Oxford University Press, pp. 430.13
Food security, equitable development and South–South migration: Towards a research agenda13
Acculturation of Chinese international students in the US: Does sojourner status really matter?13
Human mobility and environmental degradation: Shaping rural Morocco13
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“Knowledge is confused”: Rethinking pull factors in light of asylum and refugee integration policies13
Illuminating the shadows of skilled migration: Highly qualified immigrants from Latin America in Spain12
Robbery victimization of Mexican migrants while crossing the border12
Chinese grand(parenting) encourages a re‐imagining of Canada's immigration regime12
Assisted return programmes across Europe – Mapping an increasingly obscure landscape12
Refugees as perceived threat: College students' attitudes towards refugees in South Korea12
Dignity at Work: Employer Relations and the Experiences of Ukrainian Pre‐War Female Migrant Workers in Israel11
Beyond the asylum‐applications growth. The limits of the Spanish refugee reception program11
Exploring the co‐movements between COVID‐19 pandemic and international air traffic: A global perspective based on wavelet analysis10
Guestworker Schemes in Pacific Island Countries: Triple Wins but Social Costs?10
Human mobility in the context of environmental and climate change: Recent data collection tools from the International Organization for Migration to address key methodological and conceptual issues10
A Multi‐Level Migration System Between Regions of Origin and the European Hexagon of Attraction10
Do welfare policies matter for immigrant entrepreneurship? An analysis in the context of France10
The US–Mexico border and the fatigue of being 'the spectacle'10
Enduring Aspirations and Continuous Mobility: Formation, Realisation and Repression of Migration Aspirations of Afghan Returnees10
Comprehensive social and medical security for Ukrainian migrant workers: Degree of protection10
A multi‐scalar critical analysis of return migration policies in Mexico9
Free versus regulated migration: Comparing the wages of the New Zealand‐born, other migrants and the Australia‐born workers in Australia9
Revealing the role of intangible factors on migration in MENA: Religious identity and freedom perceptions9
Qualitative analysis of migrants' network data: Using conceptual reflexivity to reveal the ‘magic trick’9
Remarriage migration of women in Asia: The case of Japan9
A compendium of keywords in refugee and migration studies is a collective work9
The production of a ‘digital citizen’: citizen‐migrant conundrum through the National Register of Citizens in India9
Migration diplomacy and Greek–Turkish relations: A three‐level game analysis9
How effective are integration policy reforms? The case of asylum‐related migrants9
Unsettling the migration and development narrative. A Latin American critical perspective9
Diaspora and development: The IOM's role in diaspora mapping in Bosnia and Herzegovina8
Border walls, irregular migration and the co‐optation of the border security playbook8
Changes in selection policy and refugee welfare use in Canada8
Time spent abroad as a source of human capital – A nationwide study8
Queer asylum: Between hostility and incredibility8
Factors associated with COVID‐19 vaccine uptake and hesitancy among multinational refugees and migrants in Jordan8
Returns from the South: Effects of return migration of Ghanaian migrants from China on livelihoods and wealth inequalities in Ghana8
Transnational mobility in Moldova: Exploring socio‐economic triggers for migration aspirations8
Challenges and practical aspects of obtaining temporary protection in EU countries and the impact of obtaining protection on the right to work8
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How Migrant Resource Centres affect migration decisions: Quasi‐experimental evidence from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Iraq and Pakistan8
Persistent ties, evolving networks: Accounting for changes and stability in migrant support networks8
Local responses to hostility to new asylum seeker centres in Norway7
Change and Continuity of Occupations Through Displacement: Evidence on Syrians in Istanbul, Gaziantep and Kilis7
Researchers in Portugal: The Brain Drain, Circulation and Digital Nomadism Nexus7
IOM's WAKA Well unravelled: A multimodal discourse analysis of an internet‐based migration‐information campaign7
Imperative practices: The political inclusion of diasporas in Poland, Hungary and Lithuania7
Bounded agency and aspirations: Understanding the motivations for irregular migration from Bangladesh to Europe7
How Do They Stereotype Us? An Analysis of the Perceived Stereotypes of Chinese in Spain and Its Impact on Intergroup Relations7
Computing the face: From coloniality to control7
Welfare chauvinism among co‐ethnics: Evidence from a conjoint experiment in South Korea7
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Erratum6
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When what you have is not enough—Acquiring Australian qualifications to overcome non‐recognition of overseas skills6
Partisan difference in social desirability bias on anti‐immigrant sentiments: Covert and overt expression among French voters6
Synergy or disparity? Czech experts' insights on migration and development policies6
Commentary on immigrant and refugee entrepreneurship6
Bounded Exit and Voice in North Korea6
Erratum6
Do we need more or less focus on “class” in migration research?6
Díaz de León, Alejandra. 2023. Walking Together: Central Americans and Transit Migration through Mexico. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press. pp. 192.6
Remittance as reactive transnationalism: The role of perceived unfairness among immigrants in South Korea6
Turbulent migrations in turbulent times. The case of the orbiters in Rome6
Formal education and Blatant‐subtle prejudice: Intercultural education and contact theory in French educational system6
Beyond Economic and Educated: Reconceptualising Skill in EU Migration Policy Through Contextual Adaptability6
Migration governance between sovereignty, security and rights: An analysis of the literature6
Re‐thinking how we study Muslim minorities in Europe—A call for de‐Muslimification6
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Promoting Safe and Skilled Labour Migration: Implementation and Challenges in Indonesia's Labour Migration Policies5
Regional Disparities in Returnee Support, Stigmatisation and Reintegration in Nigeria5
The impact of intersecting crises on recent intra‐EU mobilities: The case of Spaniards in the UK and Germany5
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Household migration decisions: Understanding Ethiopians irregular migration from Kembata‐Tembaro zone to the Republic of South Africa5
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Climate, floods, and migration in Pakistan5
Conflicting temporalities and the unsustainability of the Italian model of migrant personal care assistant5
Supporting the agency of cities as climate migration destinations5
Intersecting (im)mobilities in the context of drought, hunger and conflict – Reflections inspired by research in Kenya5
Bringing migrant entrepreneurs to the policy light: International Migration Forum Review as a unique opportunity of 20225
Levitt, Peggy, Dobbs, Erica, Chich‐Yan Sun, Ken, Paul, Ruxandra. 2023. Transnational Social Protection: Social Welfare Across National Borders. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 240.5
Migration Impact Assessment: A Toolbox for Participatory Practices. By Stefan, Kordel & Marika, Gruber, Baden‐Baden: Nomos, 2024. 109 pp. €29. ISBN: 978‐3‐75‐600447‐8 (print); €0. ISBN: 978‐3‐74‐85
Neoliberalism in question: The Philippines' nurse education and labour export as liberal neo‐statist development agenda5
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National identifications of transnational students from the USA on the northwest border of Mexico5
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Private companies' engagement in the labour market integration of refugees: An exploratory study of the city of Stuttgart, Germany5
Human trafficking, information campaigns and public awareness in Moldova: Why do anti‐trafficking organizations operate under inaccurate assumptions?5
Penalties and payoffs: The short‐term economic consequences of human capital acquisition for resettled refugees in the United States5
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Between transnational engagements and local integration of Chinese communities in Italy: An analysis of the role of migrant organisations4
A critique of gender‐blind migration theories and data sources4
Digital nomadism and global mobility: Challenges and suggestions for international migration policies4
Reed, Kate & Schenck, Marcia C.. 2023. The Right to Research: Historical Narratives by Refugees and Global South Researchers. Montreal, QC: McGill‐Queen’s University Press. pp. 280.4
Progress of migration scholarship over 60 years of International Migration4
Intergenerational adverse childhood experiences and adolescent migration aspirations in Nicaragua4
How migration information campaigns shape local perceptions and discourses of migration in Harar city, Ethiopia4
Stay away or stay in? Exploring settlement decisions of economic migrants and war refugees from Ukraine in the structural approach framework4
How deviant policies produce precarious immigrant workers: The case of Brazilians in Ireland4
“Even if I am going to die, I must go”: Understanding the influence of predestination thinking on migration decision‐making in the Gambia4
Environmental migration as short‐ or long‐term differences from a trend: A case study of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita effects on out‐migration in the Gulf of Mexico4
Feminization of refugee: Intersectionality, solidarity, resistance4
Dragomir, Cristina‐Ioana. 2023. Making the immigrant soldier: How race, ethnicity, class and gender intersect in the US military. Chicago and Springfield: University of Illinois Press. pp. 258.4
The gendered occupational value of a U.S. education for skilled Indian immigrants4
Double displacement of refugees in the context of the 2023 Turkey‐Syria earthquake4
Regulation through responsibilisation: Gendered exit policies and precarious migration from India and Sri Lanka4
A future agenda for research on climate change and human mobility4
Towards a functional place: Syrian refugees' contending with the European Union's host‐home schism4
Social globalization, well‐being indicators and unaccompanied child migration from Central America4
Words in Time: Diachronicity in Media Discourse on Displacement4
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Absent Tech: Data, Violence and (Non)Credibility at the EU Borders4
Return governance and diplomacy between Türkiye and Afghanistan4
The demographic future of migration is African4
Environmental change and human mobility: Opportunities and challenges of big data4
Refugee‐owned small businesses: A typology for blended value creation4
Afghan immigrants' perceptions of integration policies in Iran3
Migrant returnees as (anti‐)migration messengers? A case of street‐level representative bureaucracy in Senegal3
Decoding Sexual Orientation in Refugee Status Determination: The Influence of Accounts of Emotions on Decision‐Making in Sweden3
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Pathways to reintegration in Senegal and Nigeria promoted by Italian Assisted Voluntary Return programmes3
International migration and the NGOs working in the field of migration in Turkey3
Homeland–diaspora nexus during crisis: Towards a transformed engagement model3
Illegal Migration From Bangladesh. By B. B.Kumar (ed.), published and printed by Ashok Kumar Mittal, New Delhi: Concept Publishing Company, 2006. ISBN: 81‐8069‐224‐83
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Migrant children and inequality in twenty‐first‐century Spain: The risk of living with no working adults in times of crisis3
European migration governance in the context of uncertainty3
Public attitudes towards immigrants: A curious case of Croatia3
Afghan displacement and migration: Situating the current humanitarian–displacement crisis3
The willingness to emigrate in six MENA countries: The role of post‐revolutionary stress3
Yılmaz, Ilkay. 2023. Ottoman passports: security and geographic mobility, 1876‐1908. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press. pp. 352.3
Unfolding intersecting forms of socio‐spatial exclusion: Accommodation centres at the height of the “refugee reception crisis” in Germany3
Patriarchal bargains in short‐term women's migration from Bangladesh3
A Lifeline in troubled waters: A support intervention for migrant farm workers3
Pursuit of happiness: Subjective well‐being of immigrants and natives3
The Banalisation of ‘Suspicion’: Politics of Prevention, Digitisation of Prediction, Fate of Travellers3
Lindberg, Annika. 2023. Deportation limbo: State violence and contestations in the Nordics. Manchester University Press. pp. 208.3
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Borders have always been artificial: Migration, data and AI3
“You are too expensive, you need to work faster!”: Ukrainian agricultural workers navigating precarities in Denmark3
Pursuing social justice in gender and migration research3
Rethinking Trust in the Refugee Resettlement Process: How Service Providers Can Enable Refugee Agency Through Diasporic Connections3
Holding the door slightly open: Germany's migrants' return intentions and realizations3
Inside the Black Box: Tracing Interactions Between Stratified Reintegration Trajectories and Street‐Level Implementation of Reintegration Assistance3
A case study to explore the key factors that influence international students’ immigration intention in Taiwan: A revised model of goal‐directed behaviour3
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The ‘Coronavirus Crisis’ and xenophobia in South Africa: How did the pandemic affect anti‐immigrant sentiment?3
Exploring the difference: Immigrant peers and the imagination of natives3
Della Puppa, Francesco and Sano, Giuliana (eds). 2021. Stuck and Exploited: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy Between Exclusion, Discrimination and Struggles. Edizioni Ca'Foscari: Venezia. pp. 364.3
Narrative constructions of (non‐)return in older migrants3
The regulatory environment for migrant and women entrepreneurs3
Migrant community responses to the COVID‐19 pandemic: Mutual aid at La Morada3
The new grounds for deportation of European Union citizens in the United Kingdom3
Social networks in migration and migrant incorporation: New developments and challenges3
The puzzle of loneliness: A sociostructural and transnational analysis of International Chinese Students' networks in Germany3
Constructing children's psychological well‐being: Sources of resilience for children left behind in Northeast China3
Unpacking “the system”: Multi‐level governance gaps in the labour market integration of highly skilled refugees3
Interplay of poverty, remittances and human capital development: Panel evidence from selected Sub‐Saharan African countries2
Carney, Megan A.2021Island of hope: Migration and Solidarity in the Mediterranean. University of California Press: California. pp. 240.2
Citizenship Acquisition and Labour Market Outcomes Among Immigrants in Italy: Evidence From Linked Survey‐Register Data2
Between ‘Approval’ and ‘Rejection’: Non‐Resident Citizens' Vote Choice in Constitutional Plebiscites2
Introduction: Assimilation, integration or transnationalism? An overview of theories of migrant incorporation2
Mediator role of intergroup anxiety in relationship between the social contact, intercultural sensitivity and attitudes towards Syrians among Turkish local society2
Through the Lens of Perception: Unpacking Subjectivity in Brazil's Refugee Status Determination2
Interoperability and the multiple modes of ordering in Europe's digital border regime2
Post‐2015 refugees in Germany: “Culture of welcome”, solidarity or exclusion?2
Spatial deprivation: Impact on settlement intentions of eco‐migrants2
Negative social capital and requests for resources in a developing country: The case of rural–urban migrants in Kampala, Uganda2
Mahmud, Bassem. 2021. Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration: Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers. Routledge: Oxford & New York. pp. 2202
The cybernetic border: Drones, technology, and intrusion By Iván ChaarLópez, Durham: Duke University Press. 2024. pp. 2482
Immobility in Moldova: Beyond the migration paradigm2
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International marriage migration: The predicament of culture and its negotiations2
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Exiliados” in Podemos: A grassroots approach of long‐distance activism in parties abroad2
Pondering the non‐return of ageing migrants in the Finnish–Russian everyday transnational context2
Dual‐career Spanish couples in Europe: Work‐family balance in childcare2
The UK National Health Service's migration infrastructure in times of Brexit and COVID‐19: Disjunctures, continuities and innovations2
Changes in recruitment plans of Polish enterprises caused by the outbreak of war in Ukraine2
The Rohingya dilemma: Exploring the challenges of local integration in Bangladesh2
The pains and gains of reception centres: How length of stay in reception centres is associated with Syrian refugees' mental health during early resettlement2
From differences to relations: Towards diaspora‐forming processes2
A level playing field for migrant entrepreneurs? The legal and policy landscape across EU and OECD countries2
Salah, Albert Ali, Korkmaz, Emre Eren, Bircan, Tuba (Eds.). 2022. Data Science for Migration and Mobility. Oxford University Press. pp.464.2
The Intersection of Urban Studies and Migration Studies (Reflecting on Ways Forward)2
Skeldon, Ronald (2021) Advanced Introduction to Migration Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing. pp. 1762
Paths to Subjective Poverty Among Midlife and Older Russian‐Speaking Migrants: A Data Mining Approach Using the General Unary Hypotheses Automaton2
Brexit, uncertainty, and migration decisions2
Polish nurses in Norway: Migration for “normal” work–life balance2
The right to exit as national and transnational governance: The case of Eritrea2
Refugee Health Inclusion: Legal, Geopolitical, and Economic Barriers2
Dislocation after disaster: What does ‘returning home’ mean?2
Back for business: The link between foreign experience and entrepreneurship in Latvia2
Stierl, Maurice. 2019. Migrant Resistance in Contemporary Europe. Routledge: Oxfordshire and New York. 234 pp.2
When exit policies determine entry policies: The case of the Karta Polaka2
Multiple routes to immigration scepticism: The association between individual grievances and anti‐immigrant attitudes in Canada, Germany and the USA2
Push and pull factors in return migration intentions among first‐generation Croatian migrants in Germany and Ireland2
The multi‐scalar embeddedness of support policies for migrant entrepreneurship in Japan2
Understanding surveillance capitalism from the viewpoint of migration2
Rosenthal, Jill. 2023. From Migrants to Refugees: The Politics of Aid along the Tanzania‐Rwanda Border. Durham: Duke University Press. pp. 203.2
Avoiding the Re‐traumatization of unaccompanied immigrant youth in the United States2
Financing the Future: The Contribution of Scholarship and Self‐Funded International Students to Short‐ and Long‐Term Migration to the UK2
Which Policy Attributes Affect Assisted Voluntary Return and Reintegration Uptake Among Ukrainian Evacuees in Japan?2
Migration aspirations and the perceptions of the political, economic and social environment in Africa2
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Negative situation appraisal and mental well‐being among refugees in Germany: Serial mediation by religious coping and sense of coherence2
Circular and return migration of Egyptian migrant workers in Libya2
Intimacy as a lens on work and migration: Experiences of ethnic performers in southwest China By JingyuMao, Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press. 2024. pp. 1682
The role of sender credibility in migration information campaigns2
Effects of COVID‐19 on integration of women refugees into Turkish society2
From the migration crisis to the COVID‐19 pandemic, (im)possible regularization of migrants in Italy and Spain2
Kanaaneh, Rhoda. 2023. The Right Kind of Suffering: Gender, Sexuality and Arab Asylum Seekers in America. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 1942
A near‐real‐time analysis of societal responses to Ukrainian refugee migration in Europe2
A qualitative research on emigration and identity in İzmir–Eşrefpaşa2
Democrats abroad: What motivates core activists to engage in political transnationalism?2
Ageing and migration. Reflection on an emerging nexus and application to the Middle East and northern Africa2
‘Going back home to my family and community’: Lived realities of old‐age return migrants in Zimbabwe2
Emigration Intentions Driven by Institutions: Evidence From the South Caucasus2
Between war and peace: Exploring the role of refugee law in the context of Sudan political conflict1
Migration governance evolution amidst a nested crisis: The case of South America1
Tsourapas, Gerasimos. 2021. Migration diplomacy in the Middle East and North Africa: Power, mobility and the state. Manchester University Press: Manchester. pp. 192.1
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US and them: Job quality differences between natives and immigrants in Europe1
Feyzi, Baban,Ilcan, Suzan, Rygiel, Kim. 2021. The Precarious Lives of Syrians: Migration, Citizenship, and Temporary Protection in Turkey. McGill‐Queen’s University Press: Montreal. pp. 296.1
Basic relationships between human capital, migration and labour markets in the Western Balkans: An econometric investigation1
Goodman, Adam. 2020. The Deportation Machine: America’s Long History of Expelling Immigrants. Princeton University Press: Princeton and Oxford. 322 pp.1
Ethical tensions of migrants in the informal economy in the Global South1
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The diversity of older migrants and their intentions to return: The case of China1
A relational analysis of migration in old age: How transnational ties affect migration decisions1
Young Black women's resistance to the Canadian settler colonial state apparatus: Negotiating the complexities of “being part of the system that oppresses”1
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