Introduction of the following student led learning group work exercises conducted over 4 weeks.

International Migration and Integration in Europe

Student-led learning exercise (Group work in practical classes)

Objective: define and analyse one “type” of migration

Types of migration (one will be allocated randomly to each group):

●      Refugees

●      Labour migrants (care)

●      Student migrants

●      High-skilled migrants

●      Lifestyle migrants

●      Investment migrants

●      Undocumented migrants

Guiding questions:

●      Definition and main concepts

●      How has the situation of this type of migration changed/evolved over the last decades? Give key figures and facts.

●      Summarize the state-of-the-art for this type of migration: what is the debate about?

●      Briefly introduce a case study (a piece of research or a research project) that has inspired you.

Work methodology

Work should we conducted in small groups of 5.

Two practical classes will be dedicated to group work. You should be prepared to work with your group during the online practical class (evaluation will include the process and not just the end result!).

Two key readings are available on the class page on Moodle to help you develop your presentation.

Key output

10-minute (max.) group presentation 

Maximum of 7 slides.  

References:

●      Asylum-seekers and refugees

Ehrkamp, Patricia (2017). Geographies of Migration I: Refugees, Progress in Human Geography, 41 (6), pp. 813-822. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0309132516663061

Kreichauf, René  (2018) From forced migration to forced arrival: the campization of refugee accommodation in European cities, Comparative Migration Studies, Vol 6 : 7 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-017-0069-8

●      Students

King, Russell, and Parvati Raghuram (2013). “International Student Migration: Mapping the Field and New Research Agendas.” Population, Space and Place, 19:2, pp. 127–37. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.1746.

Börjesson, M. (2017) ‘The global space of international students in 2010’, Journal of Ethnic  and Migration Studies, 43(8), pp. 1256–1275.  https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2017.130022  8

●      High-skilled migrants

Bartolini, Laura and Ruby Gropas, Anna Triandafyllidou (2017) Drivers of highly skilled mobility from Southern Europe: escaping the crisis and emancipating oneself. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 43:4, pp. 652-673.

Weinar, A. & Klekowski von Koppenfels, A. (2020) Highly-Skilled Migration: Between Settlement and Mobility: IMISCOE Short Reader. DOI  - 10.1007/978-3-030-42204-2

●      Lifestyle migrants

Benson, M., & O’Reilly, K. (2016). From lifestyle migration to lifestyle in migration: Categories, concepts and ways of thinking. Migration Studies, 4(1), 20–37. https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnv015 Available at: https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/bitstream/2134/19022/3/Lifestyle%20in%20migration%20FINAL%20accepted%20version.pdf

Matthew Hayes (2015) Moving South: The Economic Motives and Structural Context of North America’s Emigrants in Cuenca, Ecuador, Mobilities, 10:2, 267-284, DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2013.858940

●      Investment migrants

Sumption, M., & Hooper, K. (2014). Selling visas and citizenship: Policy questions from the global boom in investor immigration. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute. https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/selling-visas-and-citizenship-policy-questions-global-boom-investor-immigration

Short, J. (2016). Attracting wealth: Crafting immigration policy to attract the rich. In I. Hay & J. Beaverstock (Eds.), Handbook on wealth and the super-rich (pp. 363–380). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

●      Irregular/ Undocumented migrants

Koser, Khalid (2009) Dimensions and dynamics of irregular migration, Population, Space and Place, 16 (3), pp. 181-193

https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.587

Triandafyllidou, A.  & Bartolini, L. (2019) Understanding Irregularity in Spencer, S & Triandafyllidou, A. (Eds.) Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe: Evolving Conceptual and Policy Challenges (IMISCOE Research Series).International Migration and Integration in Europe