Emigration & Immigration

International student migration makes a significant contribution to higher education in the United Kingdom, with Southern Africa, and Nigeria in particular, positioned joint sixth in the top ten of sending countries. Many of these student-migrants, in...

Kolliniati's groundbreaking book, Interpreting Human Rights: Narratives from Asylum Centers in Greece and Philosophical Values, challenges the notion that the interpretation and application of human rights primarily occur within the corridors of power in...

This open access book takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the phenomenon of investment migration in order to better understand it and its legal, political, and conceptual implications. The book consists of three parts. The first part documents...

A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. At once theoretically sophisticated and poignantly written, Constructed Movements...

Haiti is the first, and only, modern nation-state to be created as the result of a successful slave revolution. However, since its emancipation, the Haitian state has been forced to pay Western states compensation for the loss of the enslaved people,...

South Asia Migration Report 2024 documents key themes of remittances, resilience, and rehabilitation from the region.This volume: * Includes dedicated fieldwork to map migration within and outside South Asia;* Analyses the impact of Covid-19 on migrants...

South Asia Migration Report 2024 documents key themes of remittances, resilience, and rehabilitation from the region.This volume: * Includes dedicated fieldwork to map migration within and outside South Asia;* Analyses the impact of Covid-19 on migrants...

This thought-provoking collection brings together academics from a range of disciplines to examine modern slavery. It illustrates how different disciplinary positions, methodologies and perspectives form and clash together through a kaleidoscopic view...

This book analyses the dominant imagery related to migration and illustrates how framing of migrants as subjects viewed through the lens of the host gaze positions them for exclusion and marginalisation. It focuses on comparative sources derived from...

Features the stories of undocumented mothers who reunite with their children in the US years after fleeing violence at home Facing escalating chaos and violence in their home countries, many Central American mothers have found that a desperate flight to...

With over 240 million migrants in the world, including over 65 million forced migrants and refugees, states have turned to draconian measures to stem the flow of irregular migration, including the criminalization of migration itself. Canada, perceived as...

In Immigration Outside the Law, acclaimed immigration law expert Hiroshi Motomura, addresses the fraught issue of illegal immigration to the United States, which has become one of the most controversial political and social issues in contemporary America...

As the distinction between domestic and international is increasingly blurred along with the line between internal and external borders, migrants-particularly people of color-have become emblematic of the hybrid threat both to national security and...

The ongoing refugee and migrant crisis in Europe has accelerated the need to find answers for refugee movements. Refugees, Regionalism and Responsibility examines regional cooperation as a potential solution. Through a thorough assessment of past and...

Citizenship is often assumed to be a clear-cut issue-either one has it or one does not. However, as the contributors to Citizenship in Question demonstrate, citizenship is not self-evident; it emerges from often obscure written records and is interpreted...

This thorough analysis of immigration governance in Spain explores the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion at play at one of Europe's southern borders. David Moffette analyzes Spain's processes of immigration governance and reveals the complicated series...

If you knew a runaway slave or an undocumented immigrant, would you tell?If you knew a runaway slave or an undocumented immigrant, would you tell?About the AuthorJohn S.W. Park is an Associate Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781423246190Author John SanchezPage Count 6Imprint Quickstudy Reference GuidesPublisher Barcharts, IncWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 210mm * 10mm

The EU has become a powerful migration policy actor. As a result, European migration policy is increasingly coming into conflict with its obligation to protect human rights. This open access volume names the most urgent challenges, develops the relevant...

Cohen challenges the assumption that one cannot work for the central or local government and challenge it at the same time. He does not encourage law breaking, but provides practical suggestions on how an official can act within the law without...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807042304Author David BaconFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 410gDimensions(mm) 228mm * 153mm * 21mm

International Migration Law provides a detailed and comprehensive overview of the international legal framework applicable to the movement of persons across borders. The role of international law in this field is complex, and often ambiguous: there is no...

The UK has some of the largest immigration detention facilities in Europe, holding as many as 3000 individuals at any point in time. Foreign nationals are held under immigration powers in a variety of circumstances including on arrival pending...

Today, the concept of "the refugee" as distinct from other migrants looms large. Immigration laws have developed to reinforce a dichotomy between those viewed as voluntary, often economically motivated, migrants who can be legitimately excluded by...

What is 'modern slavery' and who is responsible for it? What is the relevance of human rights law, which primarily regulates state conduct, for practices predominantly committed by private actors? Where can victims seek justice and redress when national...

In 1914 the British-built and Japanese-owned steamship Komagata Maru left Hong Kong for Vancouver carrying 376 Punjabi migrants. Chartered by railway contractor and purported rubber planter Gurdit Singh, the ship and its passengers were denied entry into...

Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912687930Author Priya SolankiFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Law Brief PublishingPublisher Law Brief PublishingWeight(grams) 156g

Refuge beyond Reach shows how rich democracies deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety. Media pundits, politicians, and the public are often skeptical or ambivalent about granting asylum. They fear that asylum-seekers...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914608476Author Rajiv SharmaFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Law Brief PublishingPublisher Law Brief PublishingWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

The vast majority of the global population acquires citizenship purely by accidental circumstances of birth. There is little doubt that securing membership status in a given state bequeaths to some a world filled with opportunity and condemns others to a...

Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic. The human toll of "Black '47," the...

This book analyses the use and abuse of social welfare as a means of border control for asylum seekers and refugees in Australia.Offering an unparalleled critique of the regulation and deterrence of protection seekers via the denial or depletion of...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA powerful, in-depth look at the imprisonment of immigrants, addressing the intersection of immigration and the criminal justice system, with a new epilogue by the author"Argues compellingly that immigrant advocates shouldn't content...

At a time when the integration of the European Union's peoples through the rule of law is faltering, this book develops a critical theory of postnational constitutionalism. Today, widely held conceptions of EU law continue to mislead citizens about the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956573865Author Andrew ThompsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Garuda PublicationsPublisher Garuda PublicationsWeight(grams) 51g

How many questions could you answer in a pub quiz about British values? Designed to ensure new migrants have accepted British values and integrated, the UK's citizenship test is often portrayed as a bad pub quiz with answers few citizens know. With...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607855255Author James C HathawayFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Michigan Publishing ServicesPublisher Michigan Publishing ServicesWeight(grams)...

The danger of deportation hangs over the head of virtually every noncitizen in the United States. In the complexities and inconsistencies of immigration law, one can find a reason to deport almost any noncitizen at almost any time. In recent years, the...

In recent years, the United Kingdom's Home Office has started using automated systems to make immigration decisions. These systems promise faster, more accurate, and cheaper decision-making, but in practice they have exposed people to distress,...