Introducing a special journal issue by the same title, this article provides a foundation for
seven other articles with a theoretical mission to better understand the forces and frictions …

An effective and durable policy response to the current 'migration crisis' in Europe requires a
better understanding of the causes of migration more broadly. Much has been said about …

The idea of alleviating migration pressure by means of humanitarian aid and development
cooperation is long-standing. It has received renewed attention since the surge in migration …

This manuscript describes findings from 53 interviews conducted with Moroccan and
migrants from The Democratic Republique of the Congo living in Belgium, with an emphasis …

An abundant body of research focused on macrolevel, mesolevel, and microlevel factors
explaining why individuals move across international borders. In this paper, we aim to …

Migration theory is adult-centric, failing to account for the experiences of children despite
their increasingly important participation in migration flows. Using a life-course perspective …

Migration has existed in all times and places and people have migrated for a variety of
(combined) reasons: environmental, economic, political, humanitarian, social and cultural …

There is no international regime to comprehensively govern transnational migration in all of
its facets. But scholars and policymakers acknowledge and study the existence of the global …

This open access book studies the migration aspirations and trajectories of people living in
two regions in Morocco that are highly affected by environmental change or emigration …

Recent scholarship proposes a “two-step” approach for better understanding mechanisms
underlying the migration process, suggesting we study migration aspirations separately from …