Globalizing Migration Regimes

It has been half a century since the Geneva Refugee Convention came into place, but there is still no comparable international regime for the mobility of economic migrants. At a time of global mobility, when migration policies are constantly changing and the security and rights of migrants are called into question there is clearly a need for strengthened international cooperation. In this volume an international team of authors look at the prospects for improvements in such cooperation and for the establishment of a framework of basic global or regional norms of conduct.Issues addressed in the book include how to augment the development effects of migration for source countries, how to meet the security and rights interests of both states and migrants and how to improve the prospects for integration of migrants in destination countries. The authors address the range of interests and the variety of stakeholders involved in the process of international migration, arguing that conflicting interests have often contributed to a lack of international cooperation and to suboptimal outcomes for migrants, states and the international system.With its fresh, policy-focused and global approach, this volume will be of great value to both academics and policy-makers.