Global Migration

Diego Acosta Arcarazo, PhD, is senior lecturer in European and migration law at the University of Bristol, UK. Anja Wiesbrock, PhD, is a senior judicial advisor at the Research Council of Norway. Their book has benefited from the input of an advisory board composed of UN Rapporteur on the Rights of Migrants François Crépeau; the former UN rapporteur, Jorge Bustamante; and five key migration scholars: professors Aderanti Adepoju, Binod Khadria, Wei Li, Kees Groenendijk, and Andrew Geddes. The contributors are leading scholars from five continents in eight different disciplines.

Volume I
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Chapter One – Global Migration Issues: Myths and Realities
Diego Acosta Arcarazo and Anja Wiesbrock
Part I: Myth: Developed countries are being swamped by migrants.
Chapter Two – Migration Is Historically Normal: Europe as Source and Destination of Global Population Movements
Jochen Oltmer
Chapter Three – Why Do People Migrate? A Review of the Theoretical Economic Literature
Jessica Hagen-Zanker
Chapter Four – Borders as Floodgates: Contesting the Myth from Federal and Regional International Experiences in Light of EU Free Movement
Sara Iglesias Sánchez

Part II: Myth: Migration only takes place from developing to developed countries and serves as an escape from poverty.
Chapter Five – Ten Myths about Migration and Development: Revelations Involving the Mexico—United States Experience
Raúl Delgado-Wise, Humberto Márquez, and Selene Gaspar
Chapter Six – Migration to the Gulf States: The Political Economy of Exceptionalism
Philippe Fargues and Françoise De Bel-Air
Chapter Seven – "Almost a Brazilian": Gringos, Immigration, and Irregularity in Brazil
Thaddeus Gregory Blanchette

Part III: Myth: Migration is economically negative.
Chapter Eight – Is Immigration Positive for the Welfare State? The Case of Spain
María Bruquetas-Callejo
Chapter Nine – Labor Migration from India to Italy: Debunking the Myth of the Undesirable Low-Skilled Migrant in the European Union
Kathryn Lum
Chapter Ten – The Myth of Benefit Tourists and Welfare Magnets: A Relationship between Social Welfare and Free Movement in the European Union?
Sergio Carrera, Katharina Eisele, Elspeth Guild, and Joanna Parkin

About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Advisory Board
Index

VOLUME II
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Part I: Myth: Restrictive migration policies are effective.
Chapter One – Militarization of the Mexico-U.S. Border and Its Effects on the Circularity of Migrants
Douglas S. Massey and Karen A. Pren
Chapter Two – Out of Sight, Out of Mind?: The Myths and Realities of Mandatory Immigration Detention
Daniel Ghezelbash and Mary Crock
Chapter Three – The Quest for Turkish Migration to the European Union: Exploring the Misconceptions
Gözde Kaya

Part II: Myth: Restrictive policies toward migrants are inevitable.
Chapter Four – Regularization in the European Union and the United States: The Frequent Use of an Exceptional Measure
Alan Desmond
Chapter Five – National Voting Rights for Permanent Residents: New Zealand's Experience
Kate McMillan
Chapter Six – Improving Migrants' Rights in Times of Crisis: Migration Policy in Argentina since 2003
Pablo Ceriani Cernadas

Part III: Myth: Restrictive immigration policies promote integration.
Chapter Seven – Mevrouw De Jong Gaat Eten: Naturalization Biases Tested in Practice
Dimitry Kochenov
Chapter Eight – Family Reunion as a Means of Integration: Has It Failed or Succeeded?
Thomas Huddleston
Chapter Nine – The Mythical Death of Multiculturalism
Tariq Modood

About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Advisory Board
Index

VOLUME III
Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Part I: Myth: Migrant workers cannot get equal rights.
Chapter One – Straight Talk about the Dynamics of Labor Migration
Jennifer Gordon
Chapter Two – Revisiting the Myth of Guest Worker Programs: The Case of Malaysia
Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas

Part II: Myth: Migrants are a threat to society.
Chapter Three – False Narratives in the Migration Debate: Playing Games with Immigrants' Lives in Greece
Anastassia Tsoukala
Chapter Four – Migration Myths and Extreme Xenophobia in South Africa
Jonathan Crush and Sujata Ramachandran
Chapter Five – International Migration and Immigrant Settlement in the United States
Wei Li and Wan Yu

Part III: Myth: Migration always harms the prospects of developing countries by causing a brain drain.
Chapter Six – High-Skilled Migration: A New Way Forward for Europe, the United States, and the World
Andrew Rottas and Terri Givens
Chapter Seven – Promoting Circular International Migration of the Highly Skilled
Metka Hercog and Melissa Siegel
Chapter Eight – Student Migration from India: Implications for the Origin and the Host Countries
Shantanu Sarkar and Rashmi Sharma
Chapter Nine – Changing Dynamics of Remittance Flows and Their Impact on the Economy: The Case of Pakistan
Hisaya Oda

About the Editors
About the Contributors
About the Advisory Board
Index