The European refugee crisis has gained worldwide attention with daily media coverage both
in and outside Germany. Representations of refugees in media and political discourse in …

Focusing on the dynamics of irregular immigration in Southern EU Member States, this book
analyses how the phenomenon is managed at national and local levels in different legal and …

What is semi-legality, and why does it offer a viable alternative to the legality–illegality binary
divide? Semi-legality, as a heuristic device, is useful to frame the various “in-between” …

The loss of over a thousand human lives in the attempt to cross the Mediterranean during
April 2015 has once again drawn media and political attention to the challenges that the …

Human smuggling is a global phenomenon which has been difficult to research. Even
though there is a large and growing literature on human smuggling, the literature lacks a …

Regularization programmes for undocumented migrants are generally viewed as a form of
transition from “illegality” to a secure legal status. Yet, as we argue in this article, in many …

It was in cybercafés in Hanoi (Vietnam) that I looked for scholarships to bring me back to
Europe for a PhD. In Germany, my mother printed my applications, my father posted them …

Growing literature, including those published in this journal, provide important insights into
the complex dynamics of immigrants' transnational engagement by comparing different …

In'Irregular Migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands', Masja van Meeteren studies the
different ways in which irregular migrants live in Belgium and the Netherlands. The book …

Do young West Africans want to go abroad at any cost because they receive too little or
erroneous information? Why do they and their families risk large sums of money with …