Abstract This article focuses on the labour market integration of highly qualified female refugees in cosmopolitan Berlin and smaller towns county Brandenburg. Based interviews with civil society organisations designed mainly for refugees, universities, employees job agency government administrations, gendered pathways stratified access this group to markets two areas were analysed. Special attention was given role emerging intermediary actors their powers influence markets. As research...

Environmental degradation induced by climate change disturbs livelihoods and is, therefore, a critical issue in policy academic discourses on immobility. This paper aims to investigate experiences of immobility three coastal areas within Indonesian cities varying adaptive capacities, with focus women who represent vulnerable people whose role can be attributed policies governance. We adopted qualitative methodological approach, combining ethnography utilizing in-depth interviews total 60...

In this introduction to the special issue on migration research and governance, we identify three key issues at heart of current discourses: a range normative ethical assumptions, transnational dynamics migration, challenges domestic policymaking. We argue that these intertwined dimensions create complex ‘Bermuda Triangle’ where good intentions often falter migrants themselves bear greatest risks. Migration represents both political academic minefield with implications for policy outcomes....

Coastal regions worldwide have been focal points for migration as well affected by environmental changes a long time. In the debate on climate change and coastal are among “hot spot” areas that supposed to be prone “climate migration” in near future. The paper analyses situation two different regional settings advocates sound perspective relationship of migration. Based conceptual framework migrant trajectories, shows how popu­lations Keta (Ghana) Semarang (Indonesia), similar such flooding...

Migration industries include a diverse array of migration-related services provided by the state, commercial agents, humanitarian organisations and migrant social networks. The work performed this providers, both non-state state actors, includes facilitating, filtering/channelling constraining migration. As powerful example how migration in general, we examine their dynamics care sector as part glocal (care) chains involved nurses. article provides conceptualisation role 'migration industry'...

The issue of migration and development is currently high on the agenda both agencies research institutes in several European countries. It used to be discussed during 1960/1970s within a framework which, among others, comprised push-and pull factors migration, brain drain, remittances return migration. Its occurs context post-modern societies, globalization transnationalism. Key notions now are foreign direct investment, knowledge transfer, gain, transnational entrepreneurship diasporas....

This article analyses the positioning of mayors as intermediaries between global governance and local practices in small towns with no previous experience immigration state Brandenburg eastern Germany 2015 2017. To gain an empirical insight into dynamics these municipalities, results a study eight are presented. The analytical focus is on how redefinition mayors' position took place what expectations, experiences irritations were that accompanied arrival refugees. highlights governed civil...

This article argues that the interplay of changing environmental conditions in wake climate change and dynamic migration systems will lead to even more clearly articulated new regional formations. The way regions perceive risks change, how they cope with adapt these their constitution as resilient entities determines mobility take place. We focus on dimensions broader related developmental trends such urbanisation highlight this nexus for coastal regions. present two case studies, Keta Ghana...

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