Our publications include academic publications (peer-reviewed books, journal articles, and book chapters), working papers (presenting work in-progress), a wide range of research and policy reports (primarily aimed at a non-academic audience), and blogs. For an overview of ongoing MPC research projects, click here.
Civil society organisations and the healthcare of irregular migrants : the humanitarianism-equity dilemma
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Comparative migration studies, 2024, Vol. 12, No. 20, OnlineFirst
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Individuals who reside in a country without regular authorisation generally find it difficult to access public medical services beyond emergency treatment. Even in countries with universal healthcare, there is often [...]
Introduction : control, complexity, and creativity
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Citation: Luigi ACHILLI and David KYLE (eds), Global human smuggling : buying freedom in a retreating world, Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023, 3rd edition, pp. 1-36
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: In recent decades, despite concerted efforts to mitigate it, human smuggling has become increasingly entrenched within migratory patterns. To enhance understanding of this complex phenomenon, this paper proposes a new [...]
Alternatives to immigration detention in Türkiye : whatâs the European Union got to do with it?
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Series/Report no.: EUI, RSC, Working Paper, 2024/08, Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: Türkiye, hosting the worldâs largest refugee population, has become an important partner for the European Union in managing large-scale arrivals of refugees and migrants. Over the years, the EUTurkey Statement [...]
- Keywords: Alternatives to immigration detention, Türkiye, EU-Türkiye cooperation in the field of migration, Electronic monitoring
Targeted by terrorists : child recruitment, exploitation and reintegration in Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Series/Report no.: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Research Study, 2024, STRIVE Juvenile, [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This study was carried out in Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria with the aim of increasing knowledge regarding children associated with groups designated âterroristâ (henceforth terrorist groups). Childrenâs association with such [...]
In search of protection : irregular mobility among Palestinian youth in Gaza
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Citation: Luigi ACHILLI and Davide KYLE (eds), Global human smuggling : buying freedom in a retreating world, Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, 2023, 3rd edition, pp. 448-466
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Mousa, a twenty-one-year-old young man from the north of Gaza, died while attempting to swim across a fast-running river in Bosnia in the late summer of 2019. The first his [...]
Conceptualising and challenging child neglect in humanitarian action : protecting displaced children in Jordan and Palestine
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Child abuse and neglect, 2024, Vol. 147, Art. 106539, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Background: Humanitarian organisations commonly identify neglect as a specific form of harm from which children should be protected. However, lack of debate about the aetiology of child neglect has left [...]
Coerced migration : mobility under siege in Gaza
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 2024, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This article, based on field research conducted between 2018 and 2019 centres the role of Israeli state coercion in the migration of young Palestinians from Gaza. In recent years, migration [...]
Migration communication campaigns : the state of the practice and an open database
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Series/Report no.: Report, 2024, [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: -- Every year governments, international organisations, and civil society associations produce communications campaigns designed to affect numerous facets of migration. -- Despite their increasing ubiquity, resources, andâpossiblyâimpact, as well as [...]
Migration categories and the politics of labeling
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Giuseppe SCIORTINO, Martina CVAJNER and Peter J. KIVISTO (eds), Research handbook on the sociology of migration, Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024, Research handbooks in sociology series, pp. 34-45
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: The chapter examines the complex and dynamic nature of migration categories and their role in shaping international migration governance. Categories are not easily changed and are often codified in laws [...]
Migration
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Manuela MOSCHELLA, Lucia QUAGLIA and Aneta SPENDZHAROVA (eds), European political economy : theoretical approaches and policy issues, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2024, The new European Union series, pp. 243-260
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This chapter shows why, how, and with what effects international migration in its many forms is closely linked to the political economy of contemporary Europe. To begin with, the chapter [...]
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