In May I was fortunate to attend the World Universities Network (WUN) annual conference in Perth as a delegate of Maastricht University for the Understanding Culture Global Challenge group. Reposted from the WUN website is an overview of the event, which discusses my presentation on the results of my NWO Rubicon research project on Eritrean and Nigerian migrants journeys to Europe. Cultures in flux: Migration and cultural dynamics in the past and present WUN’s three-day … [Read more...]
Afghan Refugee Journeys: Onwards Migration Decision Making in Greece and Turkey
This article entitled 'Afghan Refugee Journeys: Onwards Migration Decision Making in Greece and Turkey' has just been published in the Journal of Refugee Studies. This article is an output of the 'Understanding Irregular Migrants Decision Making Factors in Transit'. Please see the abstract below and the article is available free here. This article contributes to the lack of research on refugee journeys by examining the factors influencing Afghan refugees’ plans to stay in Greece or Turkey or … [Read more...]
Government Authority on Migration Kosovo Training on Irregular and Transit Migration
On 14-15 December, I had the pleasure to work with ICMPD and deliver a training on irregular and transit migration to the Government Authority on Migration in Kosovo funded by the Swiss Development Cooperation under the MIMAK Kosovo project. This was a fantastic group, knowledgeable in migration issues and grappling with several challenges in irregular migration of emigrants and return. The training concluded with developing a roadmap for improving irregular migration policy in Kosovo. The … [Read more...]
Book Chapters in ‘A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making’
'A long way to go: Irregular migration patterns, processes, drivers and decision making' Edited by Marie McAuliffe and Khalid Koser has just been published by ANU Press. This is a great collection of papers on irregular migration decision making that were funded under the Australian Government Irregular Migration Research Programme. The book is available as a free download here. I have contributed to two chapters. The first with Khalid Koser entitled '“Assisted voluntary return and … [Read more...]
The role of migration‐specific and migration‐relevant policies in migrant decision‐making in transit
In follow-up to the Occasional Paper 'Understanding Irregular Migrants Decision Making Factors in Transit' Khalid Koser and I have just published this working paper that further examines the role of policies in migrants decision making. Abstract This paper examines the role of migration-specific and migration-relevant policies in migrant decision-making factors for onwards migration or stay in Greece and Turkey. In this paper we distinguish migration-specific … [Read more...]