As the European Union and its member states pursue joint and bilateral policies to meet the dual challenge of managing the current refugee situation, migration management is emerging as a top priority area in various policy fields, including foreign, security and development policy. The emphasis...

A basic assumption in migration studies is that a search for better livelihood conditions is the main cause for migratory movements. Nevertheless, few studies take in-depth research into specific livelihoods and the contexts in which they unfold as their point of departure. Such an approach...

In 2014, a DIIS policy study explored the past and future challenges of local interpreters working alongside Danish troops in military operations (Plambech and Danstrøm, 2014). The study focused on risks faced by local interpreters in different contexts; the human, economic and reputational...

All over the world, people are feeling the effects of unprecedented, intensifying and in some instances irreversible climate change. Those growing up in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to these changes. This report focuses on how children and youth in Ethiopia, a country with...

[Objectives] The report is part of DIIS’ Development Tendencies Studies commissioned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The aim of the present report is to update knowledge related to diasporas as development actors in fragile situations. The report examines this issue through a focus on...

Sallie Westwood and Annie Phizacklea "Trans-nationalism and the politics of belonging" Copyright Joint Editors and Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2003.