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1. Forced Displacement and Migration: Introduction and Overview

Authors : Hans-Joachim Preuß, Christoph Beier, Dirk Messner

Published in: Forced Displacement and Migration

Publisher: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden

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Abstract

In this first chapter, the editors introduce the topic and the related challenges for politics and society in countries of origin, transit and destination of migrants, give an overview of basic concepts and the extent of migration movements and present the contributions of the book.

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Footnotes
1
There are signs that the USA under Biden will re-validate its initial engagements. For a critical assessment of the two compacts, cf. Aleinikoff/Martin (2018) and Banerjee (2020).
 
2
This assumption is challenged by a growing number of scientists who believe that the ‘Out of Africa’ migration started as early as 120.000 years ago and was not a one-off event (cf. Bae et al. 2017: 1269).
 
3
Translation by the autors. Unfortunately, there is no English edition of this groundbreaking book. However, an excellent and extensive anglophone book review is provided by Vries (2010: 20–39).
 
4
Since 1975, UN and many other bodies requested governments and media to avoid the term ‘illegal migrant’ (cf. UNHCR 2018). Perhaps the most striking comment came from Cecilia Malmström, EU Commissioner for Home Affairs, in 2010: “And let me be clear about my vocabulary too: illegal migrants do not exist. People may come to the EU and might be required to use irregular ways … but no human being is illegal” (EC 2010).
 
5
For a more comprehensive description of terms and concepts used by international organisations cf. UN (1998) and Sirona et al. (2019).
 
6
Detailed figures cf. UNHCR (2020) and UNRWA (2020). The next chapter of this book written by Daniel Naujoks presents data on trends and dynamics of the various migration movements.
 
7
Cf. Van Praag (2019).
 
8
IDMC was established in 1998 as part of the Norwegian Refugee Council and is based in Geneva, Switzerland. IDMC releases annualy a Global Report on Internal Displacement.
 
9
By the end of 2020, IDMC has developed and released an Internal Displacement Index that combines the capacity of a given coutry to deal with the situation of internal displacement with its internal and external political and economic context (IDMC 2020b: 7).
 
10
Cf. EC (2009). The so-called ‘CLANDESTINO’ research project (‘Undocumented migration: Counting the uncountable. Data and trends across Europe’) which was discontinued in 2009 was the last attempt to develop a reliable database of irregular migration to Europe.
 
Literature
go back to reference Banerjee, Kiran. 2020. Assessing the Global Compact for Migration: a ‘Milestone’ on the Long Pathway to Greater International Cooperation? Newsletter of the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship 7(2): 10–15. Banerjee, Kiran. 2020. Assessing the Global Compact for Migration: a ‘Milestone’ on the Long Pathway to Greater International Cooperation? Newsletter of the American Political Science Association’s Organized Section on Migration and Citizenship 7(2): 10–15.
go back to reference Osterhammel, Jürgen. 2009. Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. München: C. H. Beck. Osterhammel, Jürgen. 2009. Die Verwandlung der Welt. Eine Geschichte des 19. Jahrhunderts. München: C. H. Beck.
Metadata
Title
Forced Displacement and Migration: Introduction and Overview
Authors
Hans-Joachim Preuß
Christoph Beier
Dirk Messner
Copyright Year
2022
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-32902-0_1

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