This week’s 2019 UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP (Conference of the Parties) 25, provides a welcomed opportunity to enhance the understanding of environmental change and migration. There are a growing n...

The crystal blue ocean of the Pacific Islands regularly attracts tourists from across the globe, but for millions of islanders who call the Pacific home, the ocean is more than a dream vacation spot. It’s central ...

Citizenship is a core feature of the international state system. Through laws on citizenship and electoral rights, states determine who belongs to the people in whose name they govern and for whom they assume resp...

According to the International Labour Organization (ILO), there are an estimated 11.5 million migrant domestic workers (MDWs) around the world, approximately 8.5 million of whom are female. MDWs are international ...

The impacts of climate change, such as drought or sea-level rise, could push an increasing number of people to leave their homes in the future. Should we call these migrants "climate refugees" and what are the imp...

For 17 per cent of countries in Africa, the most recent data available from censuses referred to years prior to 2005. Only four in ten countries in Africa can provide data on the age of international migrants. ...

Globalisation, technological advances, and shifting norms and values are reshaping the way we work. One of the biggest trends in the past decade has been the rise of the “gig” or “platform” economy: casual, task-b...

Die Familie ist ein wesentlicher Treiber von Migration. Familienmigration ist der Begriff, der verwendet wird, um die Migration von Menschen zu kategorisieren, die aufgrund neuer oder etablierter Familienbindungen...

Die Nachfrage nach Migrationsdaten, die sich aus der Agenda 2030 für nachhaltige Entwicklung ergibt, hat die internationale statistische Gemeinschaft dazu veranlasst, die Nutzung nationaler Quellen für Migrationsd...