Our publications include academic publications (peer-reviewed books, journal articles, and book chapters), working papers (presenting work in-progress), a wide range of research and policy reports (primarily aimed at a non-academic audience), and blogs. For an overview of ongoing MPC research projects, click here.
Emergent numeracy : how the Crowd Wisdom of non-rounding respondents generates accurate immigration estimates
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Series/Report no.: EUI, RSC, Working Paper, 2024/15, Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: Survey respondents overestimate, on average, the number of immigrants living in their country. This phenomenon, known as immigration innumeracy, contradicts the wisdom-of-crowds effect, which suggests that large samples of individuals [...]
- Keywords: Wisdom of crowds, Immigration innumeracy, Rounding, Uncertainty, ALLBUS, European Social Survey
Caught in the crossfire : unravelling the complex interplay of exploitation and agency in children associated with Boko Haram
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Anti-trafficking review, 2024, No. 22, pp. 12-33
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This paper investigates the experiences of children associated with Boko Haram in Northeast Nigeria. The central argument posits that, within highly coercive environments, exploitation and agency are mutually constitutive. While [...]
Invisibility and (dis)integration : examining the meaning of migrant inclusion in everyday lived experience in rural areas
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Social inclusion, 2024, Vol. 12, No. 7771, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: The settlement of migrants in rural areas that are facing population decline has gained increased attention in recent years as an economic, social, and political issue, as well as an [...]
Civil society organisations and the healthcare of irregular migrants : the humanitarianism-equity dilemma
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Comparative migration studies, 2024, Vol. 12, No. 20, OnlineFirst
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Individuals who reside in a country without regular authorisation generally find it difficult to access public medical services beyond emergency treatment. Even in countries with universal healthcare, there is often [...]
Introduction : control, complexity, and creativity
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Citation: Luigi ACHILLI and David KYLE (eds), Global human smuggling : buying freedom in a retreating world, Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023, 3rd edition, pp. 1-36
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: In recent decades, despite concerted efforts to mitigate it, human smuggling has become increasingly entrenched within migratory patterns. To enhance understanding of this complex phenomenon, this paper proposes a new [...]
Alternatives to immigration detention in Türkiye : whatâs the European Union got to do with it?
- Type: Working Paper
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Series/Report no.: EUI, RSC, Working Paper, 2024/08, Migration Policy Centre
- Abstract: Türkiye, hosting the worldâs largest refugee population, has become an important partner for the European Union in managing large-scale arrivals of refugees and migrants. Over the years, the EUTurkey Statement [...]
- Keywords: Alternatives to immigration detention, Türkiye, EU-Türkiye cooperation in the field of migration, Electronic monitoring
Targeted by terrorists : child recruitment, exploitation and reintegration in Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria
- Type: Technical Report
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Series/Report no.: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Research Study, 2024, STRIVE Juvenile, [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This study was carried out in Indonesia, Iraq and Nigeria with the aim of increasing knowledge regarding children associated with groups designated âterroristâ (henceforth terrorist groups). Childrenâs association with such [...]
In search of protection : irregular mobility among Palestinian youth in Gaza
- Type: Contribution to book
- Year of Publication: 2023
- Citation: Luigi ACHILLI and Davide KYLE (eds), Global human smuggling : buying freedom in a retreating world, Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press, 2023, 3rd edition, pp. 448-466
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Mousa, a twenty-one-year-old young man from the north of Gaza, died while attempting to swim across a fast-running river in Bosnia in the late summer of 2019. The first his [...]
Conceptualising and challenging child neglect in humanitarian action : protecting displaced children in Jordan and Palestine
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Child abuse and neglect, 2024, Vol. 147, Art. 106539, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: Background: Humanitarian organisations commonly identify neglect as a specific form of harm from which children should be protected. However, lack of debate about the aetiology of child neglect has left [...]
Coerced migration : mobility under siege in Gaza
- Type: Article
- Year of Publication: 2024
- Citation: Journal of ethnic and migration studies, 2024, OnlineOnly
- Series/Report no.: [Migration Policy Centre]
- Abstract: This article, based on field research conducted between 2018 and 2019 centres the role of Israeli state coercion in the migration of young Palestinians from Gaza. In recent years, migration [...]
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