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COMPAS has both studied the migration policy making process and, through developing the evidence base and through knowledge-exchange activities, contributed to it. A particular interest is the multi-level governance of integration policies in relation to legal and irregular migrants, exploring the tensions between tiers of government with differing priorities and the policies and practices that emerge from that dynamic. As policy intervention is one key factor in migration outcomes, COMPAS interrogates the implications of differing approaches to the management of migration, from temporary labour migration programmes and points-based schemes to fill labour shortages to policy responses to the social welfare needs of irregular migrants.

Blog Posts

National institutions vs EU policies?

Martin Ruhs, Joakim Palme

Academic Talents in Singapore: Coming, Going or Staying?

Lucie Cerna & Meng-Hsuan Chou

Media Reporting of Migrants and Migration: A Global Perspective

William Allen, Rob McNeil and Scott Blinder

COMPAS Round Up Summer 2017

COMPAS communications team

Migration, Diversity and Cities – IMISCOE 2017

Jacqui Broadhead

Does Immigration Enforcement Matter (DIEM) project news

Franck Düvell

Is ‘voluntary’ return the new way forward for managing irregular migration?

Myriam Cherti

What does it take to be truly one of us?

Mikal Mast

Child Mobility in the EU’s Refugee Crisis: What Are The Data Gaps And Why Do They Matter?

Nando Sigona & Rachel Humphris

Canada’s Oldest Internally Displaced Peoples [MSc guest blog]

Samim Lambrecht

The new lefts

Nicholas Van Hear

Boundary Making and the Broad Ripples of Immigration Enforcement

Melanie Griffiths

What does a ‘post-facts’ world mean for migration research and evidence?

William Allen

A New Era for International Workers in Turkey?

Selman Salim Kesgin

Hierarchies of Displacement [MSc guest blog]

Emily Johanson

The Conservative migration plan: does it work for anyone?

Dora-Olivia Vicol

Common responses to the notion of Migration Studies [MSc guest blog]

Bobbie Mills

Migration, Disability, and Plain Language [MSc guest blog]

Jonathan Paul Katz

The dispersal of unaccompanied asylum seeking children: in whose best interests?

Rachel Humphris & Nando Sigona

Targets for reducing migration: what do we control?

Madeleine Sumption

Reforming homelessness policies for migrants: 8 lessons from a working group of European cities

Jonathan Price

The paradoxes of (anti)racism in compulsory education

Pier-Luc Dupont

How could research have better anticipated the migration crisis?

Bridget Anderson

Governance of International Skilled Migration: Scalar Politics and Network Relations

Micheline van Riemsdijk

Unravelling the Mediterranean Migration Crisis – field work notes 2016

Franck Düvell

Mobility, class and country of origin in the Western Balkans

Diana Ihring

Mediterranean Migration Crisis – Mixed Policies, Mixed Results

Franck Düvell

Begging and the free movement of poverty

Sarah Walker

Unravelling the Mediterranean Migration Crisis – field work notes 2015

Franck Düvell

Action for Inclusion in Europe

Caroline Oliver

The politics of belonging: Transnational Korean adoptees in Denmark

Youngeun Koo

The base: From peasant revolution to labour migration management

Biao Xiang

The conflicting policy agendas of immigration control and ending child poverty

Jonathan Price

The right to have rights: Safeguarding children from destitution

Ben Gidley

Citizenship as a concept

Jonathan Price

Books

Ukrainian Migration and the European Union – Dynamics, Subjectivity, and Politics

Bastian Vollmer

Policy Discourses on Irregular Migration in Germany and the United Kingdom

Bastian Vollmer

The Price of Rights: Regulating International Labor Migration

Martin Ruhs

The Migration Debate

Sarah Spencer

Rhetoric/Exclusionary Practices: Left-wing Politics and Migrants in Italy

Davide Pero

Reports

Inclusive practices for newcomers at city level and examples of innovation from overseas

Jacqui Broadhead

Latin Americans in Southwark: Service access and provision

Mette Louise Berg

Cohesion and Belonging: Lessons Learned Report

Ben Gidley

Cohesion and Belonging: Review of the Evidence

Ben Gidley

Homelessness and Destitution amongst Excluded Migrants: Lessons Learned Report

Jonathan Price

Lessons from a City Working Group Model of Learning Exchange

Sarah Spencer

Homelessness and Destitution amongst Excluded Migrants: Review of the Literature

Jonathan Price

Marriage Migration and Integration

Katharine Charsley, Sarah Spencer, Hiranthi Jayaweera, Marta Bolognani & Evelyn Ersanilli

DIEM: Law Enforcement and Immigration Law Enforcement in the UK: Conceptual Framework

Franck Düvell

Access to Healthcare, Insurance Provision and Health Status of Sri Lankan Migrant Domestic Workers

Hiranthi Jayaweera, Elizabeth H. Shlala and the Centre for Women's Research (CENWOR)

Outside and In: Legal Entitlements to Health Care and Education for Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe

Sarah Spencer and Vanessa Hughes

Background report: Migrant workers in the UK healthcare sector

Hiranthi Jayaweera

Research Report: Workplace integration of migrant health workers in the UK

Hiranthi Jayaweera and Helen McCarthy

Resident involvement in the London Borough of Southwark

Mette Louise Berg

City-Level Responses to Migrant Families with Restricted Access to Welfare Benefits. A European Pilot Study

Sarah Spencer and Jonathan Price

Bulgarians & Romanians in the British National Press: 1 December 2012 – 1 December 2013

Dora-Olivia Vicol and Will Allen

UPSTREAM: The Politics of Mainstreaming Immigrant Integration Policies. Case study of the United Kingdom

Ben Gidley and Ole Jensen

Advancing Outcomes for All Minorities: Experiences of Mainstreaming Immigrant Integration Policy in the United Kingdom

Ben Gidley, Sundas Ali

Integration Disadvantage and Extremism

Ben Gidley and David Feldman (eds.)

The COMPAS Approach

Ben Gidley, Rob McNeil and Emma Newcombe

DIEM: Policing, Law Enforcement and Immigration Law Enforcement in the UK: Introduction and Background

Franck Düvell

DIEM: The Legal Context for Immigration Enforcement in the UK

Myriam Cherti

DIEM: The Policy Framework for Immigration Enforcement in the UK

Myriam Cherti

EUMIA: Danish Simulator: Vejle (Denmark)

Ole Jensen

EUMIA: Democracy for Children’s Future: Visby, Gotland (Sweden)

Ida Persson

EUMIA: Lived Diversity: Vienna (Austria)

Ole Jensen

EUMIA: Parents on the Spot: Hamburg (Germany)

Ole Jensen

EUMIA: St. George’s Day Festival and Community Development in Bermondsey, London Borough of Southwark (United Kingdom)

Ole Jensen

Irregular Migrants in Italy: Law and Policy on Entitlements to Services

Sarah Spencer and Nicola Delvino

Local Authority Responses to Migrant Families Who Have ‘No Recourse to Public Funds’. Background Paper

Sarah Spencer and Jonathan Price

Migration in the News: Portrayals of Immigrants, Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees in National British Newspapers, 2010-2012

William Allen and Scott Blinder

EUMIA: Researching Functioning Policy Practices in Local Integration in Europe: A Conceptual and Methodological Discussion Paper

Ben Gidley, Ole Jensen, Irene Ponzo, Emanuela Roman, Francesco Tarantino, Ferruccio Pastore

IMPACIM: Analysis of Existing Quantitative Data on Family Migration: United Kingdom

Hiranthi Jayaweera

IMPACIM: Country Case Study on the Impacts of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants: Qualitative Findings United Kingdom

Caroline Oliver

IMPACIM: Mapping the Conditions of Stay and the Rationale for Entitlements and Restrictions for Family Migrants in the United Kingdom

Caroline Oliver and Hiranthi Jayaweera

IMPACIM: The Impact of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants. A Comparative Report

Caroline Oliver

IMPACIM: The Impact of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants. Executive Summary

Caroline Oliver

IMPACIM: The Impact of Restrictions and Entitlements on the Integration of Family Migrants. National Report UK

Caroline Oliver and Hiranthi Jayaweera

Residential Integration – Towards A Sending Country Perspective

Ben Gidley, Maria Luisa Caputo

The Great Migration: Urban Aspirations

Michael Keith

Towards a Post-2015 Development Agenda: What Role for Migrant Rights and International Labour Migration?

Martin Ruhs

Jessica Ennis, Mo Farah and Identity Language in the British Press: A Case Study in Monitoring and Analysing Print Media

William Allen and Scott Blinder

Concordia Discors. Diversity, Cohesion and Change in Two South London Neighbourhoods

Ben Gidley, Hiranthi Jayaweera and Ole Jensen

EUMAGINE: Perceptions, Imaginations, Life-Satisfaction and Sociodemography: The Case of Ukraine

Franck Düvell,Bastian Vollmer, Yuriy Bilan, Yulia Borshchevska, Iryna Lapshyna, Svitlana Vdovtsova

Impact of Admission Criteria on the Integration of Migrants (IMPACIM). Background Paper and Project Outline

Caroline Oliver and Sarah Spencer

Concordia Discors. London Background Report

Ben Gidley, Hiranthi Jayaweera and Ole Jensen

Thinking Behind the Numbers: Understanding Public Opinion on Immigration in Britain

Scott Blinder

An Evidence Base on Migration and Integration in London

Ben Gidley and Hiranthi Jayaweera

EUMAGINE: Ukraine: Country and Research Areas Report

Bastian Vollmer, Yuriy Bilan, Iryna Lapshyna, Svitlana Vdovtsova

Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Research Findings in the United Kingdom

Sarah Spencer,Alessio Cangiano,Isabel Shutes, George Leeson

Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Research Findings in the United Kingdom. Executive Summary

Sarah Spencer,Alessio Cangiano,Isabel Shutes, George Leeson

Migrant Rights, Immigration Policy and Human Development

Martin Ruhs

The Role of Migrant Care Workers in Ageing Societies: Report on Research Findings in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada and the United States

Sarah Spencer, Susan Martin, Ivy Lynn Bourgeault, Eamon O’Shea

Clandestino: Ethical Issues in Irregular Migration Research

Franck Düvell, Bastian Vollmer, Anna Triandafyllidou

Clandestino: Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable. Data and Trends across Europe: Country Report – UK

Bastian Vollmer

Delivering Equality: Towards an Outcome- Focused Positive Duty

Sarah Spencer, Sandra Fredman

Managing Migration in Ireland: A Social and Economic Analysis

Martin Ruhs (author Chapters 3 and 7)

Migration and Integration: The Impact of NGOs on Future Policy Development in Ireland

Sarah Spencer

Migration and Integration: The Impact of NGOs on Future Policy Development in Ireland. Executive Summary

Sarah Spencer

Refugees and Other New Migrants: A Review of the Evidence on Successful Approaches to Integration

Sarah Spencer (ed.)

Social Integration of Migrants in Europe: A Review of the European Literature 2000-2006

Sarah Spencer, Betsy Cooper

Common Ground: Equality, Good Race Relations and Sites for Gypsies and Irish Travellers

Sarah Spencer (CRE commissioner and chair of the advisory committee)

Designing Viable and Ethical Labour Immigration Policies

Martin Ruhs

Developing DfID’s Policy Approach to Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons. Volume I: Consultancy Report and Policy Recommendations

Nicholas Van Hear, Stephen Castles

Introductory Programmes and Initiatives for New Migrants in Europe

Sarah Spencer, Anna di Mattia

Temporary Foreign Worker Programmes: Policies, Adverse Consequences, and the Need to Make Them Work

Martin Ruhs

Journal Articles

Towards a new politics of migration?

Bridget Anderson

Multi-level governance of an intractable policy problem: migrants with irregular status in Europe

Sarah Spencer

Postcode Lottery for Europe’s Undocumented Children: Unravelling an Uneven Geography of Entitlements in the European Union

Sarah Spencer

Conceptualising integration: a framework for empirical research, taking marriage migration as a case study

Sarah Spencer and Katharine Charsley

Fundamental Rights for Irregular Migrants: Legal Entitlements to Healthcare and School Education Across the EU28

Sarah Spencer and Vanessa Hughes

EU Migration to and from the UK After Brexit

Carlos Vargas-Silva

Targeting Migration with Limited Control: The Case of the UK and the EU

Carlos Vargas-Silva, Cinzia Rienzo

Book Review – Territoriality and Migration in the EU Neighbourhood-Spilling over the Wall

Bastian Vollmer

Working Papers

Immigrant fertility in the midst of intensified enforcement

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes & Esther Arenas-Arroyo

Strategies and policy effects in the global talent race: foreign academics in Singapore

Lucie Cerna & Meng-Hsuan Chou

Theorising the (de)construction of ethnic stigma in compulsory education

Pier-Luc Dupont

Governance of International Skilled Migration: Scalar Politics and Network Relations

Micheline van Riemsdijk

Re-thinking Immigrant Investment Funds

Alan Gamlen, Chris Kutarna, & Ashby Monk

Swedish Labour Immigration Policy: The Role of Unions, Employers and Political Parties

Frida Boräng & Lucie Cerna

The Making of the Irish Traveller Community: Mobility Discourse, Settlement Policies and the Irish state 1950-2010

Ina Ruckstuhl

Deterring the “Boat People”: Explaining the Australian Government’s People Swap Response to Asylum Seekers

Reza Hasmath

How to Understand the Outcomes of Migration Policy? A Study of the Return Agreement Between Norway and Ethiopia

Cathrine Eide

Exclusionary Rhetoric Expansionist Policies? Right-wing Parties and Immigration Policy-making in Italy

Elif Çetin

Imagined Immigration: The Different Meanings of “Immigrants” in Public Opinion and Policy Debates in Britain

Scott Blinder

Physical Insecurity and Anti-Immigration Views in Western Europe

Mihail Chiru, Sergiu Gherghina

Return to the Isle of Man: The Implications of Internment for Understanding Immigration Detention in the UK

Stephanie Silverman

What Does “The Migrant” Tell Us About the (Good) Citizen?

Bridget Anderson

“Daughters-in-law of Korea?”: Policies and Discourse on Migration in South Korea

Young Jeong Kim

Openness, Skills and Rights: An Empirical Analysis of Labour Immigration Programmes in 46 High- and Middle-income Countries

Martin Ruhs

Immigration Detention in America: A History of its Expansion and a Study of its Significance

Stephanie Silverman

Migration and Climate Change: An Overview

Etienne Piguet, Antoine Pécoud, Paul de Guchteneire

“To Belong or Not to Belong”: Is that the Question?’ Negotiating Belonging in Multi-Ethnic London

Ellie Vasta, Sofia Hamaz

A Global Perspective on Transnational Migration: Theorizing Migration Without Methodological Nationalism

Nina Glick-Schiller

The Controllability of Difference: Social Solidarity and Immgrant Integration

Ellie Vasta

Towards an EU Blue Card? The Delegation of National High-Skilled Immigration Policies to the EU Level

Lucie Cerna

Why Engage Diasporas?

Alan Gamlen

Accommodating Diversity: Why Current Critiques of Multiculturalism Miss the Point

Ellie Vasta

French and British Models of Integration Public Philosophies, Policies and State Institutions

Christophe Bertossi

The 2006 French Immigration and Integration Law: Europeanisation or Nicolas Sarkozy’s Presidential Keystone?

Meng-Hsuan Chou, Nicolas Baygert

Can the Government Manage Migration? A Study of UK Legislation and Policy From 1996-2006

Cathy Gardner

Diaspora Engagement Policies: What Are They, and What Kinds of States Use Them?

Alan Gamlen

Diasporas Good? Diasporas Bad?

Steve Vertovec

EU and the Migration-Development Nexus: What Prospects for EU-Wide Policies?

Meng-Hsuan Chou

From Ethnic Minorities to Ethnic Majority Policy: Changing Identities and the Shift to Assimilationism in the Netherlands

Ellie Vasta

Numbers vs. Rights: Trade-offs and Guest Worker Programmes

Martin Ruhs, Philip Martin

The Emergence of Super-Diversity in Britain

Steve Vertovec

The Externalisation of EU Asylum Policy: The Position of African States

Alexander Betts, James Milner

Does Migration Research Matter in China ? A Review of Migration Research and its Relations to Policy Since the 1980s

Biao Xiang, Tan Shen

The Realities of a New Asylum Paradigm

Liza Schuster

Theoretical Fashions in Australian Immigration Research

Ellie Vasta

What Does “Efficiency” Mean in the Context of the Global Refugee Regime?

Alexander Betts

Policy Options for Increasing the Benefits of Remittances

Jørgen Carling

Other Publications

Briefing note

Building an Inclusive City Narrative

Jacqui Broadhead

The Global Exchange approach to knowledge-exchange

Sarah Spencer

Review

Migration Policy Making in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities for Civil Society

Sarah Spencer

Legal and policy briefing

Migrant care leavers: Duties of Welsh local authorities under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014

Jonathan Price

Information portal

UK Coordination of the European Website on Integration

Rachel Humphris

Legal and policy briefing

Single adult migrants: Destitution, safeguarding and services under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014

Jonathan Price

Policy Briefing

Marriage and Migration: facilitating the integration of migrant spouses

Katharine Charsley, Marta Bolognani, Sarah Spencer, Hiranthi Jayaweera & Evelyn Ersanilli

Legal and policy briefing

Access to Healthcare for Migrants in Wales

Jonathan Price

Feature article

Tough but Humane? The Hypocrisy of Migration Control in the UK and Beyond

Bastian Vollmer

Legal and policy briefing

Children and families: Destitution, safeguarding and services under the Children Act 1989 (up to April 2016) and Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (from April 2016)

Jonathan Price

Breakfast Briefing

What does the 2015 election mean for migration to the UK?

Rob McNeil, Madeleine Sumption and Carlos Vargas-Silva

Policy Brief

Consistent Support and Mutual Learning Required

Helen McCarthy and Hiranthi Jayaweera

Global Exchange briefings

What do we know about national and local belonging and civic participation and what are the key emerging issues?

Lucinda Platt

Global Exchange briefings

How has Britain’s integration debate developed since 2000?

Will Somerville

Global Exchange briefings

What are the main concepts and approaches within integration policy?

Varun Uberoi

Policy Briefing

City Responses to Migrants with Irregular Status

Sarah Spencer and Vanessa Hughes