The Migration Conference 2020 Proceedings: Migration and Integration


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This is the first volume of the Proceedings of The Migration Conference 2020. The Migration Conference 2020 was held online due to COVID-19 Pandemic and yet, in over 80 parallel sessions and plenaries key migration debates saw nearly 500 experts from around the world engaging. This collection contains contributions mainly dealing with migration and integration debates. These are only a subset of all presentations from authors who chose to submit full short papers for publication after the conference. Most of the contributions are work in progress and unedited versions. The next migration conference is going to be hosted by Ming-Ai Institute in London, UK. Looking forward to continuing the debates on human mobility after the Pandemic. | www.migrationconference.net | @migrationevent | fb.me/MigrationConference | Email: [email protected]




The Migration Conference 2020 Proceedings: Migration and Politics


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This is the second volume of the Proceedings of The Migration Conference 2020. The Migration Conference 2020 was held online due to COVID-19 Pandemic and yet, in over 80 parallel sessions and plenaries key migration debates saw nearly 500 experts from around the world engaging. This collection contains contributions mainly dealing with migration and integration debates. These are only a subset of all presentations from authors who chose to submit full short papers for publication after the conference. Most of the contributions are work in progress and unedited versions. The next migration conference is going to be hosted by Ming-Ai Institute in London, UK. Looking forward to continuing the debates on human mobility after the Pandemic. | www.migrationconference.net | @migrationevent | fb.me/MigrationConference | Email: [email protected]




The Migration Conference 2021 Selected Papers


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This is a collection of self-selected papers presented at The Migration Conference 2021 London. COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing restrictions and difficulties in international travel forced us to run the TMC online for a second time. It is a new and improving experience for most of us and there is strong hints that the conference will continue in hybrid form in the near future. As usual we have invited participants to submit 2000 words papers for the proceedings book and this volume brings you these papers. Topics covered in the volume includes gender, education, mass movements, refugees, religion, identity, migration policy, culture, diplomacy, remittances, climate, water, environment and pretty much everything about migration. Most of the papers are in English, but there are some in French, Spanish and Turkish too. This is a great book for those who want short accounts on all aspects of migration and refugees.




The Migration Conference 2019 - Book of Abstracts and Programme


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We’re pleased to welcome you to the Department of Political Science at the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” for the 7th Migration Conference. The conference is the largest scholarly gathering on migration with a global scope. Human mobility, economics, work, employment, integration, insecurity, diversity and minorities, as well as spatial patterns, culture, arts and legal and political aspects appear to be key areas in the current migration debates and research. Throughout the program of the Migration Conference you will find various key thematic areas covered in 598 presentations by 767 contributors coming from all around the world, from Australia to Canada, China to Colombia, Brazil to Korea, and South Africa to Norway. We are proud to bring together experts from universities, independent research organisations, governments, NGOs and the media. We are also proud to bring you opportunities to meet with some of the leading scholars in the field. This year invited speakers include Fiona B. Adamson, Markus Kotzur, Philip L. Martin, Karsten Paerregaard, Ferruccio Pastore, Martin Ruhs, Jeffrey H. Cohen, and Carlos Vargas Silva. Although the main language of the conference is English, this year we will have linguistic diversity as usual and there will be presentations in French, Italian, Spanish and Turkish. We have maintained over the years a frank and friendly environment where constructive criticism foster scholarship, while being nice improves networks and quality of the event. We hope to continue with this tradition and you will enjoy the Conference and Bari during your stay. We thank all participants, invited speakers and conference committees for their efforts and contribution. We also thank many colleagues who were interested in and submitted abstracts but could not make it this year. We are particularly grateful to hundreds of colleagues who served as reviewers and helped the selection process. We also thank to those colleagues who organised panels and agreed to chair parallel sessions over three days. We reserve our final thanks to the team of volunteers whose contributions have been essential to the success of the conference. In this regard, special thanks are reserved for our volunteers and team leaders Rosa, Alda, Franco, and Aldo from the University of Bari, Tuncay and Fatma from Regent’s University London, Fethiye from Namik Kemal University and Vildan from Galatasaray University, Ege from Middle East Technical University, Mehari from Regent’s University London, and Gizem from Transnational Press London. Our final thanks are reserved for the leaders of the University of Bari “Aldo Moro” and the Department of Political Science, President of Puglia Regional Administration and Mayor of City of Bari for hosting the Conference and for their generous support in enriching the Conference programme. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us through the conference email ([email protected]). Ibrahim Sirkeci and Michela C. Pellicani The Migration Conference Chairs The Migration Conference 2019 The Migration Conference is a global venue for academics, policy makers, practitioners, students and everybody who is interested in intelligent debate and research informed discussions on human mobility and its impacts around the world. The Migration Conference 2019 is the 7th conference in the series and co-organised and hosted by the University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy and Transnational Press London. The Migration Conferences were launched at the Regent’s Centre for Transnational Studies in 2012 when the first large scale well attended international peer-reviewed conference with a focus on Turkish migration in Europe in Regent’s Park campus of Regent’s University London. The migration conferences have been attended by thousands of participants coming from all around the world in London (2012), London (2014), Prague (2015), Vienna (2016), Athens (2017), Lisbon (2018), and Bari (2019).




The Migration Conference 2020 Book of Abstracts and Programme


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This is the book of abstracts for the Migration Conference 2020, 8 to 11 September. We’re pleased to welcome you to the 8th Migration Conference. The Migration Conference 2020 is held online via Microsoft Teams platform due to COVID-19 Pandemic restrictions. We have as usual covering a wide array of topics in this year’s edition too. There are about 350 presentations and debates running over 4 days from 8th to 11th September 2020. We have tried to address the time zone differences by moving sessions towards mid-day and grouping presentations, where possible, according to time zones. However, we believe this is not perfect to accommodate hundreds of colleagues from Brazil to Japan, and Australia to Canada. PLEASE NOTE all times are GMT+1 British Summer Time (BST). MS Teams will normally show the times according to your computers local time. Our all-women keynote speakers line up this year features Nissa Finney, Jelena Dzankic, Martina Cvajner, Elli Heikkila, Agnes Igoye, and Helén Nilsson. Although the main language of the conference is English, this year we will have linguistic diversity as usual and there will also be some sessions in Spanish and Turkish. We thank all participants, invited speakers and conference committees for their efforts and contribution. We are particularly grateful to hundreds of colleagues who served as reviewers and helped the selection process.




2021 COMAGI - 1st International Conference on Migration and Gender Issues - Book of Abstracts


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This Collection of abstracts is devoted to exploring migration and gender problems worldwide during the 1st International Conference on Migration and Gender Issues (2021 COMAGI). Among the problems that have been explored during the conference, were issues of human capital, social Inequalities, gender-specific consumption patterns, behavioural insights, gender quotas, labour migration, gender policy, local governments, physically challenged women, women’s emigration, etc. Organizers of the 2021 COMAGI: 9 The Scientific Committee of the 2021 COMAGI. 10 Acknowledgement 12 About the Collection. 13 Award for Research Leadership. 13 2021 COMAGI Programme. 14 Session – 1: Introductory session. 14 Session – 2: Plenary session. 15 Session on migration and gender issues. 18 Day-1 Session 1. Introductory session. 23 Introductory Speech by the Guest of Honour 23 Dr. Sergii Kholod Significance of the 1st International Conference on Migration and Gender Issues (2021 COMAGI) for scholars in migration and gender studies. 27 Adj. Prof. Dr. Elli Heikkilä Day-1 Session 2. Plenary session. 30 Fully used human capital? Economic integration of immigrants and challenges in Finland. 30 Adj. Prof. Dr. Elli Heikkilä Importance of Migration and Gender Studies for Humanity and the Scientific World in Particular 33 Dr. Oksana Koshulko Gender and Migration: Perspectives on Social Inequalities. 36 Prof. Dr. Ramona Mihaila From ‘Gastarbeiter’ to ‘Misafir’: The Experience of German and Turkish ‘Hospitality’ in Migration. 39 Dr. Tulay Atay and Dr. Aysun Yaşar Gender-specific consumption patterns, behavioral insights, and circular economy in the Republic of Moldova. 43 Dr. Corina Gribincea Engendering Rural Local Governance in India through Gender Quota: Where the Shoe Pinches. 46 Prof. Dr. Prabhat Kumar Datta Autonomous migration among married Muslim women: an engendered perspective of conjugal dynamics in the Republic of Niger 50 Dr. Paula Morgado Ukrainian labour migration: the phone calls experiment 54 Prof. Dr. Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi Is There Equality for All Patients? The Importance of Providing Accessible Healthcare. 56 Dr. Michelle Blakely All Migration is Gendered. 60 Prof. Dr. Jeffrey H. Cohen and Frances S. Sutton Day-2. Session on Migration and Gender Issues. 61 Gender Policy in Local Governments: How to improve development road?. 61 Galyna Fesenko and Tetiana Fesenko Breaking the Pattern - Multivocal reflections by Polish women on the experience of migration to the UK post-2004. 63 Sabina Fiebig Lord Marriage of Physically Challenged Women: Status and Issues. 65 Priti Diliprao Pohekar Evaporated War Brides at the heart of political issues of the Liberation: repatriation to France of East-European forced women laborers in Germany (1945). 67 Prempain Laurence Linguistic analysis of literary narratives: a different approach to the study of women’s emigration from Ukraine. 68 Olena Hlazkova Body or Face: Truth or Truce. Iranian Actresses Costumes in Domestic and Abroad Film Festivals. 70 Majid Parvanehpour Does marriage matter? Same-sex marriage legalisation and household well-being in the USA.. 72 Hina Amber and Yauheniya Shershunovich Women in politics, bureaucratic quality, and corruption in sub-Saharan Africa. 75 George Babington Amegavi Child Trafficking: Initiatives of Intervention. 77 Vipin Kumar Mishra and Ananya Mishra Do challenges pave the way to success for women scientists?. 79 Sherin Saheera Talk of Women empowerment 81 Dr. Reena Kumari Women’s Political Empowerment in Poland and Ukraine: Comparative Characteristics and Prospects. 83 Dr. Oksana Koshulko The construe of gender equality in employment perquisites with reference to GCC nations, Sweden and India. 84 Ms. Aksa Sam and Dr. Meera Rajeev Kumar Problems of Gender inequality in Ukraine. 87 Dr. Evgenia Makazan The concealed issues and challenges submerging the concept of marriage - an eye-opener for the present and future generations. 91 Dr. Meera Rajeev Kumar Poetics of Advocacy: Womanhood and Feminist Identity in Patricia Jabbeh Wesley’s Where the Road Turns. 93 Bartholomew Chizoba Akpah The impact of labor migration on dollarization in Ukraine. 95 Prof. Dr. Oleksandr Dluhopolskyi and Anna Baranets Gender-based differences in priorities and willingness to pursue agriculture among labor migrant’s families: a case of Parbat, Nepal 98 Benju Dhakal and Mahesh Jaishi Causes and Implications of Etsuko’s Pidgin Identity in A Pale View of Hills. 100 Amalia Călinescu Vulnerability Assessment of Development Induced Displacement Community in Lucknow District of Uttar Pradesh India. 102 Alka Singh Exploring the Experiences of Kurdish Refugees in Finland. 104 Afrouz Zibaei Women in the politics of Kerala and West Bengal 106 Krishna Roy Migration in Punjab: A Review.. 108 Parvinder Singh Challenges and opportunities of reverse migration during Covid-19: A study of Uttarakhand, India. 110 Prof. Prakash Chand Kandpal




The Migration Conference 2022 Selected Papers


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The 10th Migration Conference, TMC 2022 was hosted by the Faculty of Law, Economic and Social Sciences Agdal of Mohammad V University, Rabat, Morocco and organised by AMERM (l’Association Marocaine d’Etudes et de Recherches sur les Migrations) and IBS (International Business School, UK. The TMC 2022 Rabat was the first time such a major conference on migration held in Africa. The Conference accommodated discussions involving ministers, politicians, practitioners, lawyers, academics, media, experts, young researchers and students, practitioners and wider public. This conference was the first in person event in the series after two years of COVID-induced virtual conferences.




Young Migrants Crossing Multiple Borders to the North


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Our focus on youth migration aims to unfold the theoretical and political constraints at play for these young migrants as they defy borders and national boundaries on their northbound journey. By placing the emphasis on young persons, this volume seeks to ponder on the challenges their movement is positing to governments and societies of the countries they are crossing by or settling in. Our goal is to go outside the perspectives constructed from a labor, adult-centered, breadwinner and family-head perspective. We recognize that the conditions that force them to flee uncertain economic conditions or to seek personal security may intersect, but by focusing on young migrants as actors in search of a decent and fair life, as well as on the hopes and resilience that every young person has, the point of view diverges. As they may be permanent or transit sojourners in local communities, we also propose to include the spaces, as the social and political communities reacts to this youth mobility. The chapters contained herein follow the migrant’s movement from South to North. Therefore, the authors focused on the analysis of several emerging issues in the migration dynamics in North America. Contents Introduction – Ana Vila Freyer and Liliana Meza González CHAPTER 1. GUATEMALA-MÉXICO: THE LAST BORDER BETWEEN THE EXCLUSION AND THE FULFILLMENT OF DREAMS OF YOUNG PEOPLE FROM THE NORTHERN COUNTRIES OF CENTRAL AMERICA – Sandra Herrera-Ruiz and Lesbia Ortiz Martínez CHAPTER 2. SUSPENDED LIVES OF CENTRAL AMERICAN YOUTH IN MEXICO: BETWEEN INCLUSION AND SURVIVAL – Martha Luz Rojas Wiesner and Susann Hjorth Boisen CHAPTER 3. (DIS) CONTINUITIES IN CENTRAL AMERICA’S MIGRATORY MOBILITY. THE POST-MITCH GENERATION – Javier Urbano Reyes CHAPTER 4. IRREGULAR MIGRATION AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: AN ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLICY INSTRUMENTS FOR COMBATING IT IN CHIAPAS, MEXICO – Jesús Rubio Campos and Carolina Guadiana Sánchez CHAPTER 5. WOULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME, WHICH WAY I OUGHT TO GO? CENTRAL AMERICANS CROSSING THROUGH OR SETTLING IN GUANAJUATO – Ana Vila Freyer and Eloy Estrada Lozano CHAPTER 6. THE ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEDICAL SERVICES AND TO FORMAL JOBS FOR YOUNG CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS IN MEXICO, BEFORE AND AFTER THE 2011 MIGRATION LAW – Liliana Meza González and Ken Nishikata CHAPTER 7. THE DISPLACEMENT AND ECONOMIC INSERTION OF REFUGEES FROM CENTRAL AMERICA IN MEXICO – Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro and Rafael Alonso Hernández López CHAPTER 8. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S CENTRAL AMERICAN MINORS (CAM) PROGRAM (2015-2017): A SAFE AND LEGAL PATH TO THE UNITED STATES? – Chiara Galli CHAPTER 9. THE EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER GOALS OF THE CHILDREN OF UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS IN THE UNITED STATES: A MIXED-METHOD STUDY OF DACA ELIGIBLE STUDENTS AT A CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UNIVERSITY – Nicole Dubus CHAPTER 10. YOUNG INDIGENOUS MIGRANTS FROM SOUTHERN MEXICO IN THE U.S. – Tania Cruz-Salazar CHAPTER 11. INTEGRATION INTO THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM AND THE JOB MARKET AMONG YOUNG MIGRANTS IN MEXICO – Ana Escoto and Claudia Masferrer




The Migration Conference 2021 Book of Abstracts


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This is a compilation of the abstracts of papers presented at the Migration Conference 2021. Please visit migrationconference.net for more details.




Experiencing Ruptures in Migration – The Ordinary and Unexpected Journeys of Global Migrants


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This book aims to portray migratory experiences, documented in the form of biographical narratives. We are interested in the dynamic aspect of migration, which effectively becomes a complex trajectory, made up of stages, returns, and circulations and no longer simply, as in the industrial era, a bipolar exile (there and here). In these complex and dynamic movements, many trajectories become bifurcations, by which we mean shifting fates. In these stories we found paths, events, and bifurcations, all combined together, in terms of biographical construction based on accumulated experiences. These narratives are both very banal and very unusual journeys, portraying a new international human globalization. They are simultaneously stories of barriers to be crossed in chaotic situations interspersed with peaceful events in quiet contexts. These journeys reveal not only the weight of migration policies, but also the certification policies implemented and developed by various countries. This book presents itineraries, social logics of mobility; the routes become the analysts. If statistics record regularities, the personal approach captures specificities that produce meaning and contribute to a reinterpretation of current forms of mobility. “The superb collection of ethnographies that the reader will find in the pages to follow provide yet further insight into the ways in which movement across state borders represents a creative accomplishment. With cases selected from around the world – the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, North America, and Europe – the chapter in this book demonstrate that migration is undertaken not only against states and their bureaucracies, but in tension with and possibly in opposition to migrants’ closest associates – precisely the people whom social capital theory paints as the font of the resources that make migration possible. ” – Roger Waldinger, University of California Los Angeles, USA Contents Foreword – Roger Waldinger Introduction – Víctor Zúñiga, Kamel Doraï, Delphine Mercier, and Michel Peraldi Part One: Migrant Families and Their Re-configuration Chinese Migrant Women Creating Meaningful Lives Despite Vulnerable Statuses – Hélène Le Bail Conflict and Migration from Iraq: Building a Life in Exile Amid the Twists and Turns of a Dramatic History – Cyril Roussel From Family Dispersion to Asylum-Seeking: Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon and Syria – Kamel Doraï Part Two: Children’s Movements Across Borders A left-behind child from El Alto. Protection Strategies and Redefinition of Kinship Ties for the Children of Migrant Women in Bolivia – Robin Cavagnoud Journey to the Ordinary “Integration” of an Undocumented Moroccan Migrant in France – Mustapha El Miri Children Circulating Between the United States and Mexico – Víctor Zúñiga and Betsabé Román-González Part Three: From Adventure to Waiting: Emancipation of Restricted Trajectories Life While Waiting: Experiencing the Asylum Application in France – Carolina Kobelinsky A Family Resemblance: Migration, Work and Loyalty – Frédéric Décosse ‘Suzana’s choices’ Working in the maquiladoras, migrating to survive and living transnationally – Delphine Mercier Part Four: From Expatriate to Migrant? From “Expats” to migrants: Mano’s worlds in Marrakesh – Michel Peraldi The Aeronautical Engineer in Flight: Turbulence and the Capacity for Agency Across Borders – Alfredo Hualde Being a Doctor Over Here or Over There Collective action: the foundation of the capacity for agency in the migratory process? – Ariel Mendez Conclusion: Uncertainty, Anticipated – Deborah A. Boehm