Publications

Comparative Migration Studies (CMS) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal that provides a platform for articles that focus on comparative research in migration, integration, and race and ethnic relations. It presents readers with an extensive collection of comparative analysis, including studies between countries, groups, levels, and historical periods. CMS publishes research based on qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies. Contributions cover a wide disciplinary angle across the social sciences and the humanities. We are looking for articles that push present understanding of migration integration, and race and ethnic relations in new conceptual, methodological, and empirical directions.

Topics include, but are not limited to: migration and integration in relation to citizenship, national identity, refugee and asylum policy, social movements (pro and anti-immigration), gender, racialization, whiteness, ethnic and religious diversity and (post)colonialism.

Content  

1. Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
   Jenny Phillimore, Gracia Liu-Farrer & Nando Sigona - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00262-0 
   
   
2. A comparative analysis of changes in anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim attitudes in Europe: 1990–2017
   David Andreas Bell, Marko Valenta & Zan Strabac - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00266-w 
   
   
3. Towards a typology of social protection for migrants and refugees in Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic - Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic 
   Marcia Vera Espinoza, Victoria Prieto Rosas, Gisela P. Zapata, Luciana Gandini, Alethia Fernández de la Reguera, Gioconda Herrera, Stephanie López Villamil, Cristina María Zamora Gómez, Cécile Blouin, Camila Montiel, Gabriela Cabezas Gálvez & Irene Palla - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00265-x 
   
   
4. Social remittances during COVID-19: on the “new normality” negotiated by transnational families - Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic
   Nare Galstyan & Mihran Galstyan - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00263-z 
   
   
5. Challenges of reverse migration in India: a comparative study of internal and international migrant workers in the post-COVID economy - Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00260-2 
   Asma Khan & H. Arokkiaraj
   
   
6. Narratives: a review of concepts, determinants, effects, and uses in migration research
   James Dennison - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00259-9 
   
   
7. Migration outside large cities: a comparison of the hiring of migrants for the food processing industry in the United States and Japan
   Yusuke Mazumi - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00258-w 
   
   
8. A place migrants would call home: open-ended constructions and social determinants over time among Ecuadorians in three European cities
   Paolo Boccagni, Bernardo Armanni & Cristiano Santinello - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00256-y 
   
   
9. Organising labour market integration support for refugees in Austria and Sweden during the Covid-19 pandemic - Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic 
   Almina Bešić, Andreas Diedrich & Petra Aigner https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00264-y 
   
   
10. Examining migration governance: evidence of rising insecurities due to COVID-19 in China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand - Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic
    Asel Murzakulova, Mengistu Dessalegn & Neelambari Phalkey - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00254-0 
    
    
11. Rethinking labour migration: Covid-19, essential work, and systemic resilience -  Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic
    Bridget Anderson, Friedrich Poeschel & Martin Ruhs - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00252-2 
    
    
12. Exploring the trajectories of highly skilled migration law and policy in Japan and the UK - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
    Daisuke Wakisaka & Paul James Cardwell - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00251-3 
    
    
13. The migration ban policy cycle: a comparative analysis of restrictions on the emigration of women domestic workers
    Richa Shivakoti, Sophie Henderson & Matt Withers - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00250-4 
    
    
14. Towards equality: joining forces with arts and culture in the struggle for change in migration societies - Special Issue: Crossing borders, connecting cultures
    Wiebke Sievers - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00249-x 
    
    
15. The case for increased centralization in integration governance: the neglected perspective
    Vilde Hernes - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00247-z 
    
    
16. The economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Sri Lankan migrants in Qatar - Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic
    Anoji Ekanayake & Kopalapillai Amirthalingam - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00246-0 
    
    
17. Integration, cultural preservation and transnationalism through state supported immigrant organizations: a study of Sweden’s national ethnic associations
    Olle Frödin, Axel Fredholm & Johan Sandberg - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00245-1 
    
    
18. The well-being of newly regularized migrant workers: Determinants of their satisfaction with life as compared to undocumented migrant workers and regular local residents
    Claudine Burton-Jeangros, Aline Duvoisin, Liala Consoli, Julien Fakhoury & Yves Jackson - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00244-2 
    
    
19. Institutionalization of transnationalizing political parties: the case of the Conservative People’s Party of Estonia - Special Issue: Political parties as actors of transnational politics
    Mari-Liis Jakobson, Tõnis Saarts & Leif Kalev - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00241-5 
    
    
20. Who is watching? Refugee protection during a pandemic - responses from Uganda and South Africa - Special Issue: Comparative Perspectives on Migration, Diversities and the Pandemic
    Khangelani Moyo, Kalyango Ronald Sebba & Franzisca Zanker - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00243-3 
    
    
21. Migration infrastructures and the production of migrants’ irregularity in Japan and the United Kingdom - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
    Nando Sigona, Jotaro Kato & Irina Kuznetsova - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00242-4 
    
    
22. The impact of partisan politics on migration policies: the case of healthcare provision for refugees by German states
    Wolfgang Günther, Dennis Kurrek & Annette Elisabeth Töller - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00240-6 
    
    
23. The membership of parties abroad: a case study of the UK - Special Issue: Political parties as actors of transnational politics
    Susan Collard & Tudi Kernalegenn - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00238-0 
    
    
24. Comparing the racialization of Central-East European migrants in Japan and the UK - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
    Špela Drnovšek Zorko & Miloš Debnár - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00239-z 
    
    
25. How can we categorise ‘nationality’ and ‘second generation’ in surveys without (re)producing stigmatisation?
    Milena Chimienti, Eduardo Guichard, Claudio Bolzman & Jean-Marie Le Goff - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00237-1 
    
    
26. Correction to: Commonplace and out-of-place diversities in London and Tokyo: migrant-run eateries as intercultural third places - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
    Susanne Wessendorf & James Farrer - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00253-1  
    
    
27. Political parties abroad as actors of transnational politics - Special Issue: Political parties as actors of transnational politics
    Emilie van Haute & Tudi Kernalegenn - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00234-4 
    
    
28. Accessing the public workforce: Organisational recruitment practices and the inclusion or exclusion of individuals of immigrant origin - Special Issue: How do organisations shape migration and inclusion?
    Christine Lang - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00233-5 
    
    
29. Bridging the state and market logics of refugee labour market inclusion – a comparative study on the inclusion activities of German professional chambers - Special Issue: How do organisations shape migration and inclusion? 
    Martina Maletzky de García - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00232-6 
    
    
30. How does immigration affect anti-immigrant sentiment, and who is affected most? A longitudinal analysis of the UK and Japan cases - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
    Akira Igarashi and James Laurence - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00231-7 
    
    
31. Parties beyond national borders: exploring the activities of Israeli political parties abroad - Special lssue: Political parties as actors of transnational politics
    Avital Friedman & Ofer Kenig - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00230-8 
    
    
32. Exchange rates and immigration policy
    Adrian J. Shin - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00228-2 
    
    
33. Campaigning across continents: how Latin American parties link up with migrant associations abroad
    Nicolas Fliess - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00227-3 
    
    
34. EU migrant retention and the temporalities of migrant staying: a new conceptual framework - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
    Helena Hof, Simon Pemberton & Emilia Pietka-Nykaza - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00225-5 
    
    
35. Reframing ‘integration’: acknowledging and addressing five core critiques
    Sarah Spencer & Katharine Charsley - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00226-4 
    
    
36. Street-level workers, managers and institutional tensions: a comparative ethnography of healthcare practices of in/exclusion in three Italian public organisations
    Roberta Perna - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00224-6 
    
    
37. Seeking asylum in Scandinavia: a comparative analysis of recent restrictive policy responses towards unaccompanied afghan minors in Denmark, Sweden and Norway
    Marianne Garvik & Marko Valenta - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00221-1 
    
    
38. Addressing seeming paradoxes by embracing them: small state theory and the integration of migrants
    Thomas Kolnberger & Harlan Koff - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-021-00222-8 
    
    
39. An organizational approach to the Philippine migration industry: recruiting, matching and tailoring migrant domestic workers - Special Issue: How do organisations shape migration and inclusion?
    Julien Debonneville - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00220-2 
    
    
40. Party expats? Mapping transnational party branches of French, German and UK parties - Special Issue: Political parties as actors of transnational politics
    Felix-Christopher von Nostitz - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00219-9 
    
    
41. How migrants manifest their transnational identity through online social networks: comparative findings from a case of Koreans in Germany 
    Sunyoung Park & Lasse Gerrits - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00218-w 
    
    
42. How do borders influence migration? Insights from open and closed border regimes in the three Guianas
    Simona Vezzoli - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00213-1
    
    
43. British and Japanese international retirement migration and creative responses to health and care challenges: a bricolage perspective - Special Issue: Migrations and diversifications in the UK and Japan
    Kelly Hall, Mayumi Ono & Ayako Kohno - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00217-x 
    
    
44. A theory of migration: the aspirations-capabilities framework
    Hein de Haas - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00210-4 
    
    
45. The integrative force of political institutions? Direct democracy and voter turnout across ethnic and nativity groups
    Anita Manatschal - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00216-y 
    
    
46. Shaping migration at the border: the entangled rationalities of border control practices - Special Issue: How do organisations shape migration and inclusion?
    Christin Achermann - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00214-0
    
    
47. Regular matters: credibility determination and the institutional habitus in a Swiss asylum office - Special Issue: How do organisations shape migration and inclusion?
    Laura Affolter - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00215-z 
    
    
48. “By women, for women, and with women”: on the integration of highly qualified female refugees into the labour Markets of Berlin and Brandenburg 
    Felicitas Hillmann & Burcu Toğral Koca - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00211-3
    
    
49. Governing displaced migration in Europe: housing and the role of the “local” 
    Nasar Meer, Claudio Dimaio, Emma Hill, Maria Angeli, Klara Oberg & Henrik Emilsson - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00209-x
    
    
50. The aporia of refugee rights in a time of crises: the role of brokers in accessing refugee protection in transit and at the border 
    Sara Riva & Gerhard Hoffstaedter  - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40878-020-00212-2