Anxieties of Migration and Integration in Turbulent Times

How do migration and integration change when 'crisis becomes normalcy'? This open access book investigates this question in the present context of turbulent times when, instead of dealing with one crisis, migrants, governments and whole societies have to cope within a complex web of multiple unsettling events that create anxieties about migration. Emphasising a plurality of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, as well as a variety of geographical settings in Europe and beyond, the chapters bring new insights into migrations produced by global political events, national political shifts, economic downturns and the Covid-19 pandemic. Special attention is given to both migrants' experiences and policy outcomes. The result is an impressive rethinking of the concepts and terminology applied to migration and integration, of interest to students, social scientists, and policy-makers.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

1. Migration and Integration in Turbulent Times (Mari-Liis Jakobson, Russell King, Laura Morosanu, Raivo Vetik).- Part 1. Migrants' Perspectives.- 2. Dis-Embedding or Re-Embedding? Exploring Migrants' Responses in Contexts of 'Unsettling Events' (Louise Ryan).- 3. Migration Strategies at the Time of a Crisis: Asylum Applicants in Finland (Joni Virkkunen, Saara Koikkalainen, Minna Piipponen).- 4. Adapting to the New Normality: The Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Seasonal Migration from Albania (Bresena Kopliku, Erka Çaro).- 5. Left to Their Own Devices: Refugees' Labour-Market Integration Challenges in Austria During the Covid-19 Pandemic (Petra Aigner, Almina Besic).- 6. LGBTQ+ Forced Migrants: Precarious Experiences of Arrival and Settlement in Wales (Ourania Vamvaka-Tatsi).- 7. Disrupted Mobilities: British-Bangladeshis Visiting their Friends and Relatives during the Global Pandemic (Md Farid Miah).- Part 2. Perspectives from Host Societies.- 8. Different Systems, Simi lar Responses: Policy Reforms on Asylum-Seekers' and Refugees' Access to Healthcare in Germany and Sweden in the Wake of the 2015-17 'Migration Crisis' (Mechthild Roos).- 9. The Assimilationist Drift of Italian Jurisprudence on Integration in the Years of the 'Refugee Crisis' (Giovanni Cavaggion).- 10. Covid-19 and the Politics of Migration Policy in Estonia (Leif Kalev).- 11. Immigrants as the 'Antagonists'? Populism, Negative Emotions and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Ecuador (Sebastián Umpierrez de Reguero, Santiago González-Paredes, Ingrid Ríos Rivera).- 12. The Mediatisation of Migration Issues during the 'Refugee Crisis': A Comparative Case-Study of the UK, Denmark and Germany (Sevgi Temizisler).- 13. Who is the Worst Migrant? Migrant Hierarchies in Populist Radical-Right Rhetoric in Estonia (Katrina Koppel, Mari-Liis Jakobson).- 14. Migration and (De)Securitisation Dynamics at the Local Level: Discourses and Practices in South Tyrol (Andrea Carlà).