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Survival Migration
Betts, A. · 2013 · Cornell University Press
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Escape from Violence
Zolberg, A., Suhrke, A. & Aguayo, S.
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AuthorRefugee Governance in the Arab WorldFakhouri, T. & Chatty, D.
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Refugee Governance in the Arab World
Fakhouri, T. & Chatty, D.
IAW conflicts: Syria, Yemen, Lebanon, Palestine.
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Who flees war or state collapse, where they arrive and what happens in the camps and cities that receive them. The core shelf for reading the 20 conflicts IAW tracks.
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Survival Migration
Betts, A.
2013 · Cornell University Press
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Escape from Violence
Zolberg, A., Suhrke, A. & Aguayo, S.
1989 · Oxford University Press
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Refuge Beyond Reach
FitzGerald, D.
2019 · Oxford University Press
AuthorRefugee Governance in the Arab WorldFakhouri, T. & Chatty, D.
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Refugee Governance in the Arab World
Fakhouri, T. & Chatty, D.
2025 · I.B. Tauris
AuthorThe Migration-Displacement NexusKoser, K. & Martin, S.
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The Migration-Displacement Nexus
Koser, K. & Martin, S.
2011 · Berghahn
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Managing the Undesirables
Agier, M.
2010 · Polity
AuthorRefuge and ResistanceIrfan, A.
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Refuge and Resistance
Irfan, A.
2023 · Columbia University Press
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I Feel No Peace
Ahmed, K.
2023 · Hurst
AuthorReluctant ReceptionNorman, K.
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Reluctant Reception
Norman, K.
2020 · Cambridge University Press
AuthorHybrid Political Order and the Politics of UncertaintyStel, N.
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Hybrid Political Order and the Politics of Uncertainty
Stel, N.
2020 · Routledge
AuthorThe Big GambleBelloni, M.
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The Big Gamble
Belloni, M.
2019 · University of California Press
AuthorThe Early Morning PhonecallLindley, A.
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The Early Morning Phonecall
Lindley, A.
2010 · Berghahn
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The Urbanization of Forced Displacement
Crawford, N.
2021 · McGill-Queen's University Press
AuthorThe Wealth of RefugeesBetts, A.
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The Wealth of Refugees
Betts, A.
2021 · Oxford University Press
AuthorEurope's Migration CrisisSquire, V.
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Europe's Migration Crisis
Squire, V.
2020 · Cambridge University Press
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Refuge
Gowayed, H.
2022 · Princeton University Press
AuthorEmotions and Belonging in Forced MigrationMahmud, B.
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Emotions and Belonging in Forced Migration
Mahmud, B.
2022 · Routledge
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Gender-Based Violence in Migration
Freedman, J., Sahraoui, N. & Tastsoglou, E.
2022 · Palgrave Macmillan
AuthorMigration and HealthGalea, S., Ettman, C. & Zaman, M.
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Migration and Health
Galea, S., Ettman, C. & Zaman, M.
2022 · University of Chicago Press
AuthorDisplacement Beyond ConflictMcDowell, C. & Morrell, G.
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Displacement Beyond Conflict
McDowell, C. & Morrell, G.
2010 · Berghahn
AuthorRefugees in a Global EraMarfleet, P.
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Refugees in a Global Era
Marfleet, P.
2005 · Palgrave Macmillan
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Global Displacement in the Twenty-First Century
Cole, P.
2022 · Edinburgh University Press
AuthorRefugees and the MediaUddin & Arif
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Refugees and the Media
Uddin & Arif
2024 · Springer
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The asylum system from the inside: who gets access, how long the wait is, how host countries decide and what resettlement actually means.
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The Ethics and Politics of Asylum
Gibney, M.
2004 · Cambridge University Press
AuthorThe Death of AsylumMountz, A.
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The Death of Asylum
Mountz, A.
2020 · University of Minnesota Press
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On the Doorstep of Europe
Cabot, H.
2014 · University of Pennsylvania Press
AuthorUnequal AccessWelfens, N.
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Unequal Access
Welfens, N.
2025 · McGill-Queen's University Press
AuthorThe Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global SouthEl-Taliawi, O.
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The Politics of Refugee Policy in the Global South
El-Taliawi, O.
2024 · McGill-Queen's University Press
AuthorProtection from RefugeOgg, K.
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Protection from Refuge
Ogg, K.
2022 · Cambridge University Press
AuthorRefugee Reception in Southern AfricaMaple, N.
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Refugee Reception in Southern Africa
Maple, N.
2024 · University of London Press
AuthorUndoing NothingBoccagni, P.
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Undoing Nothing
Boccagni, P.
2025 · University of California Press
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Navigating the European Migration Regime
Wyss, A.
2022 · Bristol University Press
AuthorAsylum-Seeking Journeys in AsiaShum, T.
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Asylum-Seeking Journeys in Asia
Shum, T.
2020 · Routledge
AuthorPrivate Sponsorship of Refugees in EuropeBerneri, C.
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Private Sponsorship of Refugees in Europe
Berneri, C.
2024 · Hart
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Walls, patrols, externalisation and the control industry: how wealthy states push their borders outward and what crossing them costs.
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Boats, Borders, and Bases
Loyd, J. & Mountz, A.
2018 · University of California Press
AuthorWalking TogetherDíaz de León, A.
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Walking Together
Díaz de León, A.
2023 · University of Arizona Press
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The Land of Open Graves
De León, J.
2015 · University of California Press
AuthorPrecarious ProtectionsGalli, C.
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Precarious Protections
Galli, C.
2023 · University of California Press
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Violent Borders
Jones, R.
2016 · Verso
AuthorAt Europe's EdgeMainwaring, C.
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At Europe's Edge
Mainwaring, C.
2019 · Oxford University Press
AuthorEurope's Border CrisisVaughan-Williams, N.
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Europe's Border Crisis
Vaughan-Williams, N.
2015 · Oxford University Press
AuthorPolicing Mobility RegimesCampesi, G.
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Policing Mobility Regimes
Campesi, G.
2022 · Routledge
AuthorProtecting the Right to Leave in an Era of Externalized Migration ControlMcDonnell, E.
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Protecting the Right to Leave in an Era of Externalized Migration Control
McDonnell, E.
2026 · Bloomsbury
AuthorThe EU's External Governance of MigrationCeccorulli, M.
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The EU's External Governance of Migration
Ceccorulli, M.
2021 · Routledge
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Immigration Nation
Gazzotti, L.
2021 · Cambridge University Press
AuthorThe Politics of Immigration beyond Liberal StatesNatter, K.
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The Politics of Immigration beyond Liberal States
Natter, K.
2023 · Cambridge University Press
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Fortress Europe
Carr, M.
2012 · Hurst
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Border Games
Andreas, P.
2000 · Cornell University Press
AuthorOperation Gatekeeper and BeyondNevins, J.
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Operation Gatekeeper and Beyond
Nevins, J.
2010 · Routledge
AuthorMigration Governance in North AmericaBanerjee, K. & Smith, C.
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Migration Governance in North America
Banerjee, K. & Smith, C.
2024 · McGill University Press
AuthorMigration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe–South Africa BorderVanyoro, K.
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Migration, Crisis and Temporality at the Zimbabwe–South Africa Border
Vanyoro, K.
2024 · Bristol University Press
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Blurred Borders
Duany, J.
2011 · University of North Carolina Press
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The Invention of the Passport
Torpey, J.
2000 · Cambridge University Press
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Controlling Immigration
Cornelius, W. et al. (eds.)
Stanford University Press
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The Politics of Immigration
Hampshire, J.
2013 · Polity
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The networks that move people when there is no legal route, the difference between smuggling and trafficking, and what follows detention or removal.
AuthorSeeing like a SmugglerKeshavarz, M. & Khosravi, S.
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Seeing like a Smuggler
Keshavarz, M. & Khosravi, S.
2022 · Pluto
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Smuggler
Jones & Boos
2026 · Simon & Schuster
AuthorIllegality, Inc.Andersson, R.
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Illegality, Inc.
Andersson, R.
2014 · University of California Press
AuthorMigrant Smuggling and the Criminalisation of Migration in the EUAlagna, F.
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Migrant Smuggling and the Criminalisation of Migration in the EU
Alagna, F.
2024 · Palgrave Macmillan
AuthorBrokering High-Risk Migration and Illegality in West AfricaAlpes, M. J.
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Brokering High-Risk Migration and Illegality in West Africa
Alpes, M. J.
2016 · Routledge
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Irregular Migration
Jordan, B. & Düvell, F.
2002 · Edward Elgar
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Migration, Agency and Citizenship in Sex Trafficking
Andrijasevic, R.
2010 · Palgrave Macmillan
AuthorThe Deportation RegimeDe Genova, N. & Peutz, N.
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The Deportation Regime
De Genova, N. & Peutz, N.
2010 · Duke University Press
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After Deportation
Khosravi, S. (ed.)
2018 · Palgrave Macmillan
AuthorWhen Deportation FailsGinés Martín, D.
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When Deportation Fails
Ginés Martín, D.
2025 · Oxford University Press
AuthorEnduring UncertaintyHasselberg, I.
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Enduring Uncertainty
Hasselberg, I.
2016 · Berghahn
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Deportation Nation
Kanstroom, D.
2010 · Harvard University Press
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Beyond Walls and Cages
Loyd, J., Mitchelson, M. & Burridge, A.
2012 · University of Georgia Press
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UNHCR, UNRWA, IOM and the rest of the system: how they work, whom they answer to and what they can and cannot do in a crisis.
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The UNHCR and World Politics
Loescher, G.
2001 · Oxford University Press
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UNRWA and Palestinian Refugees
Hanafi, S., Hilal, L. & Takkenberg, L.
2014 · Routledge
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The UNHCR and the Afghan Crisis
Scalettaris, G.
2024 · Berghahn
AuthorProtection by PersuasionBetts, A.
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Protection by Persuasion
Betts, A.
2009 · Cornell University Press
AuthorBeyond Principles?Gottwald, M.
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Beyond Principles?
Gottwald, M.
2025 · Palgrave Macmillan
AuthorThe International Organization for Migration in North AfricaBartels, I.
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The International Organization for Migration in North Africa
Bartels, I.
2021 · Palgrave Macmillan
AuthorOutsourcing Crimmigration ControlSingler, S.
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Outsourcing Crimmigration Control
Singler, S.
2025 · Oxford University Press
AuthorGlobal Governance on the GroundKortendiek, N.
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Global Governance on the Ground
Kortendiek, N.
2024 · Cambridge University Press
AuthorThe Refugee SystemArar, R. & FitzGerald, D.
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The Refugee System
Arar, R. & FitzGerald, D.
2022 · Wiley
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Managing Migration
Ghosh, B. (ed.)
2000 · Oxford University Press
AuthorThe South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance ComplexEnnis, C. & Blarel, N.
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The South Asia to Gulf Migration Governance Complex
Ennis, C. & Blarel, N.
2022 · Bristol University Press
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South-South Migration
Hujo, K. & Piper, N.
2010 · Palgrave Macmillan
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What rights migrants hold, how migration became a security issue and what changes when displacement is driven by climate.
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The Global Migration Crisis
Weiner, M.
1995 · HarperCollins
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Climate Change, Forced Migration and International Law
McAdam, J.
2012 · Oxford University Press
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Security and Migration in the 21st Century
Guild, E.
2009 · Polity
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Are Human Rights for Migrants?
Dembour, M.-B. & Kelly, T.
2011 · Routledge
AuthorMigration and Mobile RightsPerolini, M.
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Migration and Mobile Rights
Perolini, M.
2025 · Bristol University Press
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The underlying arguments: open or closed borders, what is owed to those who arrive, and the theories used to think about migration.
AuthorThe Postcolonial Age of MigrationSamaddar, R.
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The Postcolonial Age of Migration
Samaddar, R.
2020 · Routledge
AuthorAsylum after EmpireMayblin, L.
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Asylum after Empire
Mayblin, L.
2017 · Rowman & Littlefield
AuthorPostcolonial African Migration to the WestGebrewold, B.
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Postcolonial African Migration to the West
Gebrewold, B.
2024 · Palgrave Macmillan
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The Ethics of Immigration
Carens, J.
2013 · Oxford University Press
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Strangers in Our Midst
Miller, D.
2016 · Harvard University Press
AuthorOn BordersOchoa Espejo, P.
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On Borders
Ochoa Espejo, P.
2020 · Oxford University Press
AuthorImmigration and FreedomKukathas, C.
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Immigration and Freedom
Kukathas, C.
2021 · Princeton University Press
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Home Rule
Sharma, N.
2020 · Duke University Press
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Migration as labour, remittances, diasporas and where all of that sits in the global economy.
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Border and Rule
Walia, H.
2021 · Haymarket
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Border as Method
Mezzadra, S. & Neilson, B.
2013 · Duke University Press
AuthorMigration as Economic ImperialismNess, I.
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Migration as Economic Imperialism
Ness, I.
2023 · Polity
AuthorThe Ties That BindLeblang, D. & Helms, B.
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The Ties That Bind
Leblang, D. & Helms, B.
2023 · Cambridge University Press
AuthorMigration, Precarity and Global GovernanceSchierup, C.-U. et al. (eds.)
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Migration, Precarity and Global Governance
Schierup, C.-U. et al. (eds.)
2015 · Oxford University Press
AuthorThe Price of RightsRuhs, M.
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The Price of Rights
Ruhs, M.
2013 · Princeton University Press
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Global Diasporas
Cohen, R.
2008 · Routledge
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