Links between migration management, development and integration

Report – external series

Erdal, Marta Bivand; Mathias Hatleskog Tjønn & Ahmet İçduygu (2021) Links between migration management, development and integration. MIGNEX Background paper.

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Migration management, development processes in countries of origin, and integration in societies of settlement are intertwined components of social change. To understand the links between them, a holistic approach to migration as integral to social change across nation-state borders is needed. But what does such an approach mean, and what is lost without it?

There are links between migration management, development and integration – but also disconnects. Separation of policy fields exacerbates such disconnects.

Different legitimate but competing interests need to be recognised and balanced to boost positive migration effects. This is a challenging yet necessary task for policy-makers.

The temporal frames applied to understanding links between migration management, development and integration are important: from colonial ties through to electoral cycles.

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