The Politics of International Migration Management

Geiger, Martin; Pécoud, Antoine

doi:10.1057/9780230294882_1

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“…In a similar vein to the Belgian social workers, it urges local social workers to broach the discrepancies between the western-oriented design and goals of the AVRR program and the transnational realities (Åkesson & Baaz, 2015). It endorses transnational social work to be founded on partnerships between the transnational actors and on the recognition of the reality of structural inequalities (Deepak, 2012) and points at the crucial role of the (trans)national reintegration partners to collect and reinforce the critical remarks of their local partners on the tendency to individualize and depoliticize the problems faced by these returnees (Geiger & Pécoud, 2010;Lietaert, 2016).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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Transnational knowledge in social work programs: Challenges and strategies within assisted voluntary return and reintegration support

Lietaert

2017

Transnational Social Review

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The nexus between migration research and social work research led to interesting impulses to study transnational social work practices. However, the practical terms of being involved in crossborder programs are understudied. This article aims to transcend the preserving national and western-centric orientation in social work research by investigating assisted voluntary return and reintegration (AVRR) support. Drawing on interviews and group discussions with social workers supporting returnees in host countries and countries of origin, I set out to reveal the challenges that this practice poses within the Belgian AVRR program. The findings showed that the Belgian social workers were confronted with a lack of transnational knowledge to fulfill their roles, resulting from a division between different practitioners within the support chain and the localization of the main focus of the support across borders. Furthermore, the data shed light onto the struggles with regard to social workers' positions within the program and towards its goals. For the Belgian social workers, this is related to their place within a restrictive migration policy. For the social workers in the countries of origin it was mainly linked to the transnational character of the program. Viewing these findings, I reflect on their implications for the provision of AVRR support and transnational support practices.

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Transnational knowledge in social work programs: Challenges and strategies within assisted voluntary return and reintegration support

Lietaert

2017

Transnational Social Review

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“…Bimal Ghosh is commonly credited with having introduced the notion of 'migration management' in 1993, in response to an invitation by the UN Commission on Global Governance and the Swedish government (Geiger and Pécoud 2010). According to Ghosh (2007), migration management requires a comprehensive approach that encompasses all forms of migration as well as harmonisation of policies across different states and close cooperation between states and intergovernmental bodies.…”

Section: Migration Management and Diversity Managementmentioning

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“…With regards to migration management, Geiger and Pécoud (2010) emphasise that the shift to management has taken migration measures out of the political and into the bureaucratic realm, silencing political debate about the choices made. They also argue that the triple win dogma ignores the fact that the different stakeholders (migrants, country of origin and host country) might have diverging interests that cannot be brought in line with one another (Geiger and Pécoud 2010). Stefan Rother (2013) points to the ways in which the management discourse legitimises top-down regulations that leave little space for migrants' rights advocacy.…”

Section: Technocracymentioning

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“…Since its introduction, the term 'migration management' has become connected to at least three related phenomena, as Martin Geiger and Antoine Pécoud (2010) Bendl, Fleischmann and Walenta (2008;cf. Meriläinen et al 2009).…”

Section: Migration Management and Diversity Managementmentioning

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“…Arguments for migration management are commonly framed around the notion of the so-called 'triple win', the belief that if migration streams are 'managed' in the appropriate way, three parties, namely the country of origin, the 'host country' and the migrant, would benefit (Geiger and Pécoud 2010). Diversity management similarly aspires to triple win, albeit not commonly labelling it as such, stressing the value for employers, employees and customers/service users (EC 2012).…”

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The Politics of International Migration Management

Cited by 177 publications

References 9 publications

Transnational knowledge in social work programs: Challenges and strategies within assisted voluntary return and reintegration support

Transnational knowledge in social work programs: Challenges and strategies within assisted voluntary return and reintegration support

Converging logics? Managing migration and managing diversity

The climate change, conflict and migration nexus: A holistic view

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