Migration and Integration
20/10/2020
This online conference marks the launch of the “Migrants and Systemic Resilience Hub” (MigResHub), a joint initiative of the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) at the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence and Migration Mobilities Bristol at the University of Bristol. [...]
20/10/2020
The 2020 edition of the OECD International Migration Outlook analyses recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries and some non-member countries, and looks at the evolution of the labour market outcomes of immigrants in OECD countries.
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19/10/2020
In light of the impact of COVID-19 on the UK, POST and the University of Southampton are re-launching this event as a series of public and closed webinars on migration, that will take place throughout the month of November.
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15/10/2020
The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research (VYPR) is seeking submissions for a Special Issue entitled “Demographic Aspects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Consequences”, which will be guest edited by (in alphabetical order) Paola Di Giulio, Joshua Goldstein, Anne Goujon and Guillaume Marois. Examples of topics include: [...]
06/10/2020
The Research Initiative on Migration of the Max Planck Society: The Challenges of Migration, Integration and Exclusion (WiMi) presents an evaluation of the impact of the 2015 migration wave on governance in Germany.
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05/10/2020
By Mathias Czaika (Danube University Krems) & Jakub Bijak (University of Southampton)
Our ability to predict migration patterns is limited. Mathias Czaika and Jakub Bijak of the Horizon 2020 project QuantMig tell us five facts everyone should know before discussing future migration trends.
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By Roman Hoffmann, Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital
Hoffmann and colleagues at the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital conducted a meta-analysis on the relationship between environmental change and migration, finding robust evidence that environmental factors explain migration patterns.
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This edited volume from the IOM's Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) provides comprehensive evidence on migration from and within West and North Africa and across the Mediterranean.
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22/09/2020
Understanding the role of internal migration in shaping regional population change in Germany
Nico Stawarz and Nikola Sander from Germany’s Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) use data on migration flows between 401 counties for the period 1991 to 2017 to study the impact of migration on regional population change since German Reunification.
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Do personal contacts matter?
Using data from the European EQUAL project on migrants in the southern Italian region of Calabria, Cremaschi and Devillanova (Bocconi University) found that having a higher number of personal contacts increases chances of obtaining regular legal status; native and/or family contacts were associated with a much greater effect.
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