This special issue examines the increase in scale and intensity of merit-based (im) migration
policies as a means to revive aging populations and boost national economies in countries …

Non-migration is an adaptive strategy that has received little attention in environmental
migration studies. We explore the leveraging factors of non-migration decisions of …

In today's migration and refugee governance, refugees are increasingly required to
demonstrate both vulnerability and assimilability to be considered deserving of protection …

This editorial makes the case for revisiting class in the context of forced migration. We argue
that this is necessary to better grasp the inherent diversity of forced migrants. Forced …

In this paper we argue that the current political context of restrictionist migration policies is
dramatically affecting people's capacity to cross borders to engage in proximate care with …

While geography has traditionally 'looked down'in the search for social justice, a recent trend
in the social sciences has argued for thinking through privilege. Taking this call seriously …

The conventional notion of integration as 'immigrants becoming part of something'has been
widely criticised for its undesirable normative connotations. In response, scholars either …

This article examines how highly skilled immigrants from Poland become middle-class in
Germany through a transnational and intersectional lens. Hence, it asks what is the middle …

Seeking to overcome the heterosexual bias in marriage-migration scholarship and move
beyond individualistic approaches to queer mobility, this article focuses on the lives of same …

Combining insights from the history of citizenship with contemporary legal analysis, this
article both highlights and problematizes what we may call sorting strategies–restrictive …