Introductory Video
This external video provides a brief overview of the diverse reasons why people migrate:
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Causes and Consequences of Global Migration by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2021Why people migrate and what the consequences are of their doing so. It looks at what motives drive people to migrate and at migrants' economic outcomes in their destination countries.
Human migration and the refugee crisis : origins and global impact by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2023A global, historical approach that examines the origins of human movement over time, from the 16th century to the present.
Climate Change, Forced Migration, and International Law by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2012Displacement caused by climate change is an area of growing concern.
Forced migration, gender and wellbeing : the long-term effects of displacement on women by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2023Reflecting on three decades of post-conflict recovery in the Balkans, this incisive book investigates the long-term effects of war displacement on women across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, and Kosovo.
Migration in the Age of Genocide by Location: Available OnlineISBN: 9783319218496Publication Date: 2015The book covers the Holocaust; genocides in Argentina, South Africa, Rwanda, Latin America, and Australia, as well as crimes against humanity in Italy and France.
The politics of refugee policy in the Global South by Location: Available OnlinePublication Date: 2024
Find Articles
The following are a selection of articles available through BU Libraries:
- "Armed conflict, violence, and the decision to migrate: explaining the determinants of displacement in Syria" by Ümit Seven (2022). Available here.
- "Getting to the root causes of migration' in West Africa - whose history, framing and agency counts?" by Nora McKeon (2018). Available here.
- "Root Causes of Migration, Development, and US Aid to Northern Triangle States" by Jill Marie Gerschutz-Bell (2022). Available here.
