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ABSTRACTThis paper provides an overview of current debates questioning the relationship between migration and development. A key argument is that mainstream academic and policy discussions often remain within a non‐critical paradigm that sees the relationship between migration and development as natural, and development as something that can be achieved through direct or indirect policy initiatives. The contributions to this special issue challenge this perspective by showing that the connection between migration and development is the product of a political and scientific construction. They demonstrate that both migration and development policies are embedded in imbalanced power relations and north–south divide. This calls for building upon the findings of critical development studies to rethink the so‐called 'migration and development nexus'. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Migration-related issues have, since approximately 2000, been the object of increased attention at the international level. This has led, among other things, to the production of international narratives, which aim both at understanding migration and at proposing policy recommendations on how to address it, with the objective of improving the governance of migration at the global level. But this implies overcoming dilemmas stemming from the diverging interests of states and other actors (such as NGOs and the private sector). This article examines the way in which international migration narratives address skilled migration, which is characterized by some of the clearest political trade-offs between stakeholders. It argues that these narratives attempt to speak to all parties and conciliate contradictory arguments about what should be done to discursively overcome policy dilemmas and create a consensus. Although this is line with the mandate of international organizations, it depoliticizes migration issues.

Militante des droits de l'homme, active au niveau international, et spécialisée dans la question des réfugiés et des migrants, Mariette Grange a représenté plusieurs organisations non gouvernementales auprès des Nations unies à Genève (Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises et la Commission internationale catholique pour les migrations, notamment). Elle a également conseillé December-1 8.

Information campaigns have been launched since the 1990s in central and eastern Europe to prevent human trafficking and undocumented migration. They attempt to reduce emigration before migrants reach the border and therefore take place within the reinforcement of migration controls. They are designed to discourage potential migrants from leaving by promoting a negative image of migration to western Europe, thus relying on the questionable assumption that information plays a key role in migration decisions. By associating undocumented migration with human trafficking, these campaigns furthermore display moral and political ambiguities. This article discusses their ideological basis and the ethical issues they raise.

Résumé Cet article analyse les difficultés rencontrées par la Convention internati o nale des Nations Unies sur la protection des droits de tous les travailleurs m i grants et des membres de leur famille , le plus ambitieux instrument de droit international en la matière qui n'a cependant été ratifié que par 42 États. Sur la base d'un projet coordonné par l'UNESCO, il présente les résultats d'études menées dans des pays de destination en Afrique, Amérique du Nord, Asie et Europe et identifie trois obstacles principaux, liés au poids des forces du marché, de la souveraineté et de la sécurité dans les politiques migratoires contemporaines. Il examine également les initiatives récentes prises par la communauté internationale en matière de migration et la place qui y est réservée à la Convention.

Cette introduction présente les grands enjeux soulevés par cette Convention. Après un passage en revue des raisons pour lesquelles il importe de se préoccuper des droits des migrants. elle présente la manière dont fonctionnent les Conventions de l'ONU et la place de la Convention sur les droits des migrants en leur sein, Les principaux articles contenus dans la Convention sont décrits et les auteurs identifient les obstacles à la ratification de ce traite par les États.

This article documents the emergence of self-employment among Filipino migrants in Paris, a pattern of economic incorporation that departs from the predominance of Filipinos in the domestic work sector in Western Europe. After presenting the characteristics of Filipino migration to France, the article describes the embeddedness of Filipino entrepreneurship in different kinds of networks that structure the Filipino population. Findings suggest that Filipino entrepreneurship is part of overlapping networks based not only upon national origin, but also on regional belongings, class, religion and sexual orientation. Conflicts often characterize the relationship between these networks. Other than relying on Filipino networks, success in self-employment also requires strong ties to other groups, as well as transnational connections. Factors affecting the future prospects of self-employment are also discussed.

Over the past decades, and across different contexts worldwide, migration has become inseparable from a narrative of crisis. This article analyses the connection between migration and crisis. It proposes a migration as crisis framework, designed to understand and analyze the emergence of this specific perception of migration, on the basis of an interplay between social "subjective" constructions of reality and "objective" migration dynamics. Migration as crisis rests upon a fragmented, changing, and contested assemblage of events, representations, and practices, which in turn call for specific ways of governing migration. The link between migration and crisis can be activated or not, and may or may not be correlated with empirical realities. By engaging with migration as crisis (rather than migration crisis), the article denaturalizes and historicizes the relationship between migration and crisis, and unpacks the processes through which key actors (including media, policymakers, civil society, and academics) frame migration as such.