Study maps global migration's hidden paths to reshape policy
A new book reveals that millions of migrants follow complex, multi-step journeys—not simple one-way routes. The finding challenges how governments and businesses plan for immigration, labor shortages, and integration programs, suggesting current policy frameworks miss crucial patterns in how people actually move.
Originaltitel: Onward Migration and Multi-Sited Transnationalism: Complex Trajectories, Practices and Ties
<p>This open access book brings novel perspectives to the scholarship on transnational migration. The book stresses the complexity of migration trajectories and proposes multi-sited field studies to capture this complexity. Its constituent chapters offer examples of onward migration spanning all major world regions. The contents exemplify a range of interdisciplinary approaches, including both qualitative and quantitative methodologies. The result is an impressive remapping and reconceptualisation of global migration and mobility, of interest to students and policy-makers alike. </p>