South-South Migration

The objective of this paper is to provide an overview and a preliminary discussion of policy and academic works addressing South-South Migration (SSM) in depth. In the first part, three development categorizations used by international agencies to estimate migration flows (provided by the World Bank, UN Population Division and the UNDP) are addressed, discussing differences in definitions, classification criteria and the resulting country groupings of the South and the North. In the second part, the most salient debates and their alleged relation to development are presented, in relation to the main features of South-South Migration so far identified by academic literature. Given that much of SSM research is expected to represent no more than an extension of former international migration research, and given the former neglect of the significance of South-South Migration, this study stresses the opportunity to rethink the relation between inequality and migration, as well as the need to rethink concepts which were developed under assumptions underlying the study of South-North Migration. It concludes that cross fertilization between approaches based on agency and structure can provide more complex and nuanced interpretations in the study of South-South Migration

Managing migration in the IOM\xe2\x80\x99s World migration report 2008

__Abstract__ \n \nThe 2008 World Migration Report from the International Organization for \nMigration is an enormous document that reflects efforts led by business \nsectors and some sections of governments in rich countries to move away \nfrom policy agendas overwhelmingly focused on restriction of international \nmigration, towards a somewhat more open global economic order, and to build \nacceptance of substantial in-migration to match market demand. This paper \nillustrates use of methods of discourse analysis to identify the principles of \nselection, interpretation, prioritisation and argumentation that structure such a \nreport. It gives particular attention to the Report\xe2\x80\x99s choices and use of key \nterms, like \xe2\x80\x98mobility\xe2\x80\x99, \xe2\x80\x98needs\xe2\x80\x99 and \xe2\x80\x98globalization\xe2\x80\x99, and of key metaphors which \nguide the discussion, notably the metaphor of \xe2\x80\x98flows\xe2\x80\x99. Dominated by the \nmental models of neoclassical and neoliberal economics and the policy \npreoccupations of rich countries, the Report\xe2\x80\x99s central claim is the \xe2\x80\x9cneed\xe2\x80\x9d for \ninternational cooperation to match labour demand and supply within a global \nframework, as a concomitant of economic globalisation in other respects; and \nthat this will support economic development worldwide. A human rights \nstance makes occasional appearances, represented by the term \xe2\x80\x98human \nmobility\xe2\x80\x99 rather than \xe2\x80\x98labour mobility\xe2\x80\x99 or \xe2\x80\x98mobility for economic purposes\xe2\x80\x99, but \nremains firmly subordinated. Migrants\xe2\x80\x99 opinions and agency receive little \nattention; economic priorities based on market power dominate

Managing migration in the IOM’s World migration report 2008

The 2008 World Migration Report from the International Organization forMigration is an enormous document that reflects efforts led by businesssectors and some sections of governments in rich countries to move awayfrom policy agendas overwhelmingly focused on restriction of internationalmigration, towards a somewhat more open global economic order, and to buildacceptance of substantial in-migration to match market demand. This paperillustrates use of methods of discourse analysis to identify the principles ofselection, interpretation, prioritisation and argumentation that structure such areport. It gives particular attention to the Report’s choices and use of keyterms, like ‘mobility’, ‘needs’ and ‘globalization’, and of key metaphors whichguide the discussion, notably the metaphor of ‘flows’. Dominated by themental models of neoclassical and neoliberal economics and the policypreoccupations of rich countries, the Report’s central claim is the “need†forinternational cooperation to match labour demand and supply within a globalframework, as a concomitant of economic globalisation in other respects; andthat this will support economic development worldwide. A human rightsstance makes occasional appearances, represented by the term ‘humanmobility’ rather than ‘labour mobility’ or ‘mobility for economic purposes’, butremains firmly subordinated. Migrants’ opinions and agency receive littleattention; economic priorities based on market power dominate.globalization;economic development;international migration;International Organization for Migration;critical discourse analysis;metaphor analysis;world migration report 2008

Introduction: The International Organization for Migration as the New ‘UN Migration Agency’’

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