Migration Governance Beyond the West : Historical Legacies, Contemporary Trends, and Future Trajectories

As global narratives of migration continue to focus disproportionately onmovements toward the Global North, "Migration Governance Beyond the West:Historical Legacies, Contemporary Trends, and Future Trajectories" shifts the lensto underexplored South-South migration flows. This timely and data-drivenvolume offers a comprehensive analysis of migration trends, governanceframeworks, and policy responses across diverse non-Western contexts—fromthe Caucasus and Central Asia to the Gulf, East Asia, and West Africa.Featuring contributions from scholars and practitioners within the EU-fundedMARS project (Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective), this research report presents essays that delve into a rangeof regional migration systems, exploring key drivers such as labour markets,conflict, environmental pressures, and demographic change. By centringvoices from and about the Global South, the volume highlights the regionaldimensions of migration often overlooked in mainstream debates.Essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, this collectionprovides fresh, data-driven insights into the complex and evolving realities ofglobal mobility.