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Over the years it has been shown that migrations are structural phenomena of our societies and not sporadic. However, in recent decades, both from governments, international organizations and academia, migrations have been associated with the concept of crisis. Why is human mobility still linked to the idea of an extraordinary event of modernity? Is migration a consequence of the crisis or a cause? How do different governments and international organizations construct the concept of migration crisis? Seeking to answer these and other questions, the chapters in this volume offer a critical look at the link between migration and crisis from different theoretical and geographical angles and invite us to rethink the limits of the very concept of migration crisis through twelve organized case studies. around the political analytical categories, environment and identity

"In a world grappling with refugee crisis, political unrest and economies on the verge of collapse, temporary migration has become an increasingly common phenomenon. This volume presents a comprehensive picture of the transformative and development potential of temporary transnational migration in political, legal, economic, social and cultural aspects. This book: - Analyses how temporary migration is distinct from more permanent and circular forms of migration; - Brings together case studies from five Asian countries (China, India, the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey) and six European countries (Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands and Ukraine) - Based on exhaustive interviews of over 800 migrants, returnees and migrants' family members along with about 300 field experts, politicians, authorities and actors in civil society; - Illustrates the diverse nature of temporary migration, the continuing globalisation of the labour market and the interrelated changes to immigration, integration and emigration policies on local, national and international scales. This volume will be of indispensable to scholars and researchers of development studies, international politics, international relations, migration and diaspora studies, public policy, sociology and social anthropology. It will also be of importance to government think-tanks and NGOs working in the area"--

Intra-EU mobility has become increasingly important over the past years. While there are no legal barriers preventing young intra-EU migrants from studying or working in another EU country, many of them face obstacles with respect to their integration into the destination country. Likewise, those who return to their origin countries after having spent some time abroad are also often confronted with diverse challenges. Support measures provided by the EU or national governments and by civil society organisations play an important role in overcoming those obstacles, which might not always match with migrants' and returnees' needs. Drawing on the outcomes of the collaborative project YMOBILITY, which investigated the relationship between young-peoples' transition from youth to adulthood and their mobility between EU Member States from an international and interdisciplinary perspective, three general findings can be highlighted. First, (re)integration support should include language training and labour market integration measures, but also address other aspects, such as access to housing and cultural integration. Most importantly, efficient support measures need to be tailored to the particular needs of young intra-EU migrants and returnees. Second, support in integration that targets to overcome acculturation issues in the sphere of everyday life is generally offered by civil society, including organisations created by and for migrants and returnees. However, these organisations tend to be underfunded and understaffed, because they are often based on voluntary work, leading to a limited scope and the underuse of their potential. Third, a large group of migrants and returnees are unaware of, or unwilling to use, social support measures, indicating the particular need to provide measures that improve the communication between providers of support and migrants and returnees.

This paper analyses the interaction between national policies on the admission of highly-skilled migrants and on the integration of migrants. There is a long-standing debate in the literature as to whether or not migration and integration policies are effective; however there is little consideration of the unintended consequences that these policies may have. We argue that, through their interaction, migration and integration policies have unintended consequences, which create or contribute to social inequalities among migrants. We illustrate our argument through case studies of Germany and the Netherlands, based on expert interviews and interviews with highly-skilled migrants from Asia. Migrants reported facing linguistic, bureaucratic and social challenges, and difficulties in finding employment. These disadvantages accumulate and interact with, for example, gender inequalities, adding up to a high price for migration. The evidence presented in this paper demonstrates the importance for policy-makers to consider how policies interact with each other and what effects this can have.

Temporary migration has become an increasingly important phenomenon, also within the German migratory context. This report identifies the qualitative characteristics of temporary transnational migration in the German-Asian transnational space. It concentrates on temporary migrants from Asia in Germany and to a lesser degree on German return migrants from Asia in the categories international students, professionals, family members, asylum seekers/refugees, as well as lifestyle migrants. The presented findings are the result of qualitative interviews, in which temporary migrants were asked about their perceptions, experiences and aspirations related to their stays. Based on these results, the report aims to provide an overview about the interviewees' motivations to migrate, their feelings of acceptance and belonging in the society of destination, the forms and intensity of their transnational links and activities, as well as their future plans. These aspects are separately addressed for the politico-legal, socio-economic and socio-cultural realms and in the conclusion brought together and related to aspects of temporariness.

Der Bericht präsentiert die ersten entwicklungssoziologischen bzw. sozialanthropologischen Ergebnisse einer Feldforschung von 2004 in Mexiko und Nicaragua. Den wissenschaftlichen Ausführungen sind die methodologischen Erfahrungen der Feldforscher 'vor Ort' vorangestellt. Die methodologische Grundlage des Forschungsvorhaben bildet die Grounded Theory (Strauss, 1994), die Datenerhebung konzentriert sich auf die qualitative Methode des Interviews. Im ersten Abschnitt gilt das Interesse dem Aspekt der Partizipation an staatlichen Strukturen und den Ausschlussmechanismen. Dabei finden die Aspekte (1) kazikile Strukturen auf der lokalen Ebene, (2) ethnische Identitäten sowie (3) Partizipation, Wissen und Konflikt Berücksichtigung. Der zweite Abschnitt befasst sich mit dem Zusammenhang von Partizipation und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Hierzu werden folgende Punkte beschrieben: (1) Geschlechterdiskurse des (ländlichen) Alltags, (2) Geschlechterstrukturierung sozialer Wirklichkeiten, (3) Geschlechterpolitik als Förderung 'der' Frau, (4) staatliche Institutionen, (5) soziale Bewegungen sowie (6) Handlungsspielräume und Chancen zum Empowerment. Der dritte Abschnitt erörtert abschließend die (Nicht-)Verflechtung von Partizipation und Dezentralisierung in den beiden Ländern. (ICG2)

Frontmatter --Contents --Acknowledgments --List of tables --List of figures --Introduction: Envisioning the World, Mapping the Global --From Region to World, and Back Again --The World of Anti-Semitism --Envisioning a World Law --Determining the Global from a Social Work Perspective --The Revolution in Rojava and the International --Resisting World Politics on 'Migration and Development'? --'Sovereignty' and 'Intervention' --Russia and the EU in a Multipolar World --Back from the USSR --Beyond a Global Horizon --References --Notes on Contributors