Ethical issues in irregular migration research in Europe

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 227-239

  D̈uvell, Franck ^a   Triandafyllidou, Anna ^b,c   Vollmer, Bastian ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Irregular migration; Research ethics; Sensitivity; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; POPULATION MIGRATION; VULNERABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 77953523106     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.590     Document Type: Article

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