The myth of invasion: The inconvenient realities of African migration to Europe

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1305-1322

  de Haas, Hein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRATION POLICY; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR MIGRATION; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; POPULATION MIGRATION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 53449085478     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436590802386435     Document Type: Article

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