Transit migration: A blurred and politicised concept

Population, Space and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 415-427

  Düvell, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

EU migration politics; Illegal migration; Politics of research; Refugees; Transit migration

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; POLITICAL DISCOURSE; POLITICAL RELATIONS; REFUGEE; RESEARCH; TYPOLOGY;

EID: 84860432022     PISSN: 15448444     EISSN: 15448452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/psp.631     Document Type: Article

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