Currently, international migration entails a complex web of exchanges an movements of people, money, goods and information. A number of scholars have proposed the notion of transnational communities to help in arriving at new ways of understanding the migratory process within the current context...

The recent landings of illegal immigrants on the Italian and Spanish coasts, the immigrant riots in France, and the migratory pressure faced by many countries are an indication that migration will remain high on the agenda of international public policy for some time. In order to generate...