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Transit migration: A blurred and politicised concept
Author(s) -
Düvell Franck
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
population, space and place
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1544-8452
pISSN - 1544-8444
DOI - 10.1002/psp.631
Subject(s) - typology , politics , transit (satellite) , state (computer science) , irregular migration , sociology , political science , mass migration , political economy , economic geography , regional science , economics , public transport , law , computer science , algorithm , immigration , anthropology
This article examines first the emergence and construction of the concept of transit migration and the political framework and discourses that brought about this concept. It goes on analysing how this reinforces the EU's efforts to externalise its migration policy and integrate non‐EU countries into a comprehensive migration control policy. Second, it critically surveys the state of the art, analyses causes and conditions of transit migration, identifies its geography and discusses some methodological and analytical pitfalls and difficulties of researching transit migration. Finally, in the conclusions a structuralist approach is taken and it is suggested that a clear‐cut typology could be developed by rigid comparison. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.