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Migration Politics is an academic peer-reviewed, fully open-access journal publishing original empirical and theoretical contributions on the politics involved in representing, controlling and managing migration. The journal promotes interdisciplinary conversations on the relationship between migration and political institutions, processes and power. Our editors support promising and innovative scholarship with intensive and author-centred editing.
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Recent articles

The Curious Case of Bhasan Char: Island Relocation and the Politics of Refugee Containment in the ‘Global South’

Tazreena Sajjad

Mig. Pol. 4, 006 (2025)

24 December 2025

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Beyond Cooperation: The Role of Origin Countries in Deportation Efforts, Evidence from Mexico (1942 to 1964)

Guadalupe Chavez

Mig. Pol. 4, 005 (2025)

28 November 2025

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Smuggling critique into impact: Research design principles for critical and actionable migration research

Maybritt Jill Alpes

Mig. Pol. 4, 004 (2025)

12 June 2025

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Petro-politics, Gender Violence and Human Trafficking in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region

Abosede Omowumi Babatunde

Mig. Pol. 4, 003 (2025)

27 May 2025

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Featured article

Laughable borders: Making the case for the humorous in migration studies

Anja K. Franck

Mig. Pol. 1, 004 (2022)

14 June 2022

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Our philosophy

Slow scholarship

Our editors support promising and innovative scholarship with intensive and author-centred editing. Read more about slow scholarship.

Independent

Migration Politics is a non-profit journal. We use SciPost, an academic community-owned platform for evaluation, publication, and peer-witnessed refereeing.

Open access

Anyone can read our articles free of cost, and we do not charge author fees. This maximises equal opportunity of publication and access for scholars throughout the world.

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