Research stream 1
To construct this narrative and clearly articulate the multi-layered framework, the project's research has been divided into three Research Streams. These streams will entail the analysis of non-Western migration locales from (1) multi-level, (2) multi-geographic, and (3) comparative perspectives, as outlined below.
RS1: Global context: Situating non-Western immigration and refugee laws and policies in global and comparative perspectives aims to examine immigration and refugee laws and policies and migrants’ experiences in non-Western migration locales vis-à-vis the global (Western-centric) migration management tendencies and processes. Special emphasis will be placed on understanding such issues as (1) how non-Western migration regimes respond to and tackle global processes associated with the management of migrant labour; (2) the everyday life of the Global Compact on Migration and Global Compact on Refugees in non-Western migration contexts; (3) how laws and policies regulating labour migration are designed and implemented in non-Western migration contexts and their implications for the global tendencies; (4) the similarities and differences between Western and non-Western migration regimes with regard to refugee protection/asylum system; (5) the role of Global South in shaping today’s refugee protection system; (6) the strategies of migration governance in non-democratic contexts vis-à-vis migration control laws and policies in Western liberal democracies. The goal of RS1 is thus to explore whether empirical evidence and theoretical perspectives obtained from the study of non-Western migration locales contribute any generally valid lessons or knowledge to the broader field of migration studies today, as well as to legal strategies and policies aimed at regulating migration and mobilities.