Migration, Research, and Human Mobility: Myths and Realities

Slide 1:Migration, Research, and Human Mobility: Myths and RealitiesSlide 2:MYTHS and REALITIESUnprecedented crisis?Out of control?Numbers?Moral and cultural panics (myths of origin and cultural heritage)Why people migrate vs. how and when people migrateCrisis for whom?Slide 3:TYPES OF MIGRATIONMigrantsAsylum seekersRefugees/forced migrantsInternally Displaced Persons (IDPs)Clima/environmental migrants/refugeesMixed migration, transit(Ir)regular; (Un)documented; Il(legal)Return migrants; voluntary/forced returnsThe involuntary immobile3Slide 4:THEORIESMigration ResearchEconomic (dis)equilibriumGlobal inequalityPush-Pull dynamicsMethodological nationalismTransnationalismMotivation, decisionmakingVoluntariness, active agency (./. deserving)Refugee Studies/Forced Migration ResearchTemporary conflict driven phenomena (empiricist)Humanitarian responsesIntegral part of globalization, a system of selective inclusion and exclusion that exacerbates inequality and the North-South divideInvoluntariness, lack of agency (+ deserving)Slide 5:Migration Industry Analysis: Multiple ActorsThe Migration Facilitation IndustryLabour recruitersMigrant networksHuman smugglersTraffickersPaper forgersBrokersMoney lenders Remittance companiesICTsCorrupt border offcialsThe Migration Control IndustryPrivatizationOutsourcing ExternalizationInterception, detention and removalThe Rescue IndustryNGOsFaith-based organisationsHumanitarian actors(Outsourcing of state functions to civil society actors who have to sell their services and compete on market terms)5Slide 6:Access to DIIS publications on migration:https://www.diis.dk/en/emne/migrationAccess to DIIS Baltic Sea Initiative: https://www.diis.dk/node/14201Ninna Nyberg Sørensen, Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), nns@diis.dkPhotos: Peter T. Petersen, www.petertpetersen.dk