This article examines first the emergence and construction of the concept of transit migration
and the political framework and discourses that brought about this concept. It goes on …

The United Nations has estimated that globally there are approximately 30 to 40 million
irregular migrants, a number that amounts to 15 to 20 per cent of all international migrants …

There are more than 700,000 Bulgaristanlı migrants residing in Turkey. Immigrants from
Bulgaria who are ethnically Turkish, they assume certain privileges because of these ethnic …

Reception, hospitality and integration are certainly the main challenges of the contemporary
world, particularly for countries like Turkey which hosts more than 3 million refugees from …

Sub-Saharan African migration towards the European Union (EU) belongs to one of the
most stigmatized forms of migration of the 21st century. It is strongly characterized by EU's …

Discussions of transit migration in Europe and its peripheries are not simply descriptions of
an existing reality, but to some extent also a part of the process of constructing that reality in …

Challenging traditional approaches to migration, which puts migrants in narrow categories
(legal and illegal, newcomer and settler),'Transit Migration'shows that migrants and refugees …

The mass arrival of Syrian refugees and their continuing presence have triggered many new
debates regarding migration in Turkey, which–as a result of its open‐door policy–now hosts …

While migration from Turkey has received scholarly attention for a long time, it is only
recently that Turkey has started to be seen as a country of immigration. The new law on …

Turkey has long been a land of asylum due to its geographical location as well as shared
social, cultural and historical ties with the Balkans, the Caucasus, Europe, and the Middle …