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Recent years have seen the topic of migration rise to the top of political agendas in many parts of the Western world, propelled by the images of overcrowded boats on …

Abstract Migration governance is at all times, and in all places, a necessarily organisational process. What this means is that governance ‘actors’, meaning people working for organisations of varying types  …

Abstract In the past, the government treated undocumented migrants in the Netherlands with considerable leniency. Since the early 90s however, preventing irregular migration has been a priority. Consistent with the country’s …

For decades, migration governance was relegated to the backwaters of the UN system with informal committees and working groups rarely grabbing the public’s attention. However, the 2016 New York Declaration …

Abstract  Search and Rescue and disembarkation activities of EU Member States are not covered by a common EU legal framework and while border control had been increasingly Europeanized throughout the …

*This article draws upon the work done in the framework of the project ADMIGOV – Advancing Alternative Migration Governance, financed by the EU’s H2020 research and innovation program (GA No …

Abstract There is a widespread consensus that the current governance of migration is unsatisfactory, but no consensus on the ways in which it should be improved. Policy debates polarise around …

Abstract This article describes the ascension of cities as key actors in global cooperation, and their related impact in shaping the global governance of migration. Over the last decade, cities have …

Despite the overwhelming academic and media attention dedicated to immigration and its governance, for many countries across the globe emigration is a far more significant phenomenon. For instance, almost 40% …

The rightward swing in political opinion in many developed countries, coupled with the rise of nationalist sentiment, has had many consequences, but among the more obvious has been the implementation …