Introduction

Abstract

Migration scholarship has often lagged behind developments in gender studies. The importance of gender has gained increasing recognition, but this has predominantly meant a focus on women migrants. Only recently has a gendered lens been turned to the study of migrant men. Discourses surrounding migration in law and government, and in legal scholarship, remain characterized by neglect or dismissal of the gendered experiences of male migrants. Where they do appear, men are frequently cast as the oppressor of family members or as abusing legal channels of migration. Their vulnerabilities and affective ties and needs are rarely foregrounded. This negative representation may be instrumentalized at a variety of levels, and for a variety of purposes, making it difficult for more nuanced critiques to gain purchase. This special issue seeks to extend the discussion of migration and gender by exploring the ways in which men's gendered experiences of migration remain marginalized.

Intimate citizenship: introduction to the special issue on citizenship, membership and belonging in mixed-status families

“…Interestingly, Odasso demonstrates how both in France and in Belgium, organisations have been established that lobby for more restrictive family migration policies, framing the citizen sponsor as the more vulnerable member in mixed-status families, susceptible to abuse and deception by the migrant partner who is after a residence status and the sponsor's money. De Hart and Besselsen also demonstrate how even those citizen sponsors involved in a long-lasting and stable relationship reproduce the discourse of threatening and abusive male migrants that is part of dominant discourses on migration (Charsley and Wray 2015).…”

‘If I Die here, I’m a Hero!’ On Masculinity and Vulnerability Among Male Asylum Seekers

“…On this matter, Charsley and Wray (2015) mentioned the section 3.4 of the Procedural Standards for 38 Refugee Status Determination under United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Mandate (UNHCR, n.d.) which identifies, again, some specific groups of asylum seekers -women who are at particular risk in the host country, elderly asylum seekers, unaccompanied minors and asylum seekers that require medical assistance among others, as 'applicants with special needs'. According to the UNHCR (n.d.) guidelines, these should be prioritized in reception and registration procedures.…”

Cosmopolitan Revolutionaries: Masculinity, Migration, and Gender Performativity in Latin American London

“…Palabras clave: cosmopolitismo, migración, masculinidad, diáspora, machismo 9(1) 3 istorically taken for granted as the normative subject of migration (Wojnicka & Pustulka, 2017, p. 89), the rise of feminist critique and the growth of masculinities studies have spurred a recent surge in research focusing directly on the life experiences of migrant men and masculinities (Charsley & Wray, 2015;Donaldson, Hibbins, Howson & Pease, 2009;Hearn, 2015). Where Latin Americans are concerned, focusing on notions of machismo, analyses have highlighted narratives of masculine adjustment, resistance or loss as occurring as a result of the "impact" of moving from "traditional" to "modern" gender regimes, often in contrast to relative feminine gain (for critical discussions, see McIlwaine, 2008;Torres, Solberg & Carlstrom, 2002).…”