This article examines “reactive transnationalism” among immigrants in Germany, showing that those who experience — or simply perceive — discrimination are more likely to engage politically and economically with their origin country, with especially strong effects among Turkish respondents.
New article published: "Discrimination and Reactive Transnationalism Among Recent Italian, Polish, Turkish, and Syrian Immigrants in Germany", by Daniel Herda (Merrimack College, United States). journal-njmr.org/articles/10....
The three empirical scenes reveal how migration policies flatten lived relational worlds, calling for approaches that recognise the rich constellations of kinship the young adults build.
The article shows how unaccompanied refugee minors who arrived in Norway alone remake kinship beyond legal family forms, weaving ties with peers, caregivers, and diasporic networks as they navigate separation, belonging, and family reunification.
New article published: "Kinship Constellations in the Narratives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in Norway" by Gunika Rishi (Norwegian University of Science and Technology). journal-njmr.org/articles/10....
Findings highlight new roles and doubts about citizenship, experiences of racism, and loss of control over time and space, revealing the deep impact of deportability on families.
This article explores how a foreign partner’s deportability affects Finnish women and their children. Using 12 in-depth interviews, it introduces “experiential migrantisation” to show how immigration controls, assumed to target only migrants, also shape citizens’ lives.
New article published: ‘I Have Completely Exhausted Myself During This Journey’: Female Citizens’ Experiential Migrantisation in the Face of Their Foreign Spouse’s Deportability, by Eveliina Lyytinen (Migration Institute of Finland).
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These findings raise critical questions for the new Practical Guide from EUAA that rely on organisations for information and services.
What role do LGBTQ+ organisations play in sexual orientation asylum cases? Claimants linked to LGBTQ+ organisations come from fewer countries, provide more written evidence, and are processed differently.
New article published: "Self‑Selection Among Sexual Orientation Refugees to Sweden: The Role of Support Organisations in Destination Countries" by Thomas Wimark (Uppsala University, Sweden)
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The findings show that work is framed as a tool to establish a sense of belonging in Finland while also creating symbolic boundaries within the Ukrainian community.
This qualitative study explores what online discussions within the Ukrainian community in Finland reveal about Ukrainian forced migrants’ adaptation strategies and the role of work in negotiating their place in Finnish society.
New article published: "‘More Than Sufferers’: Digital Boundary‑Making and Belonging Through Work Among Ukrainian Forced Migrants in Finland", by Maryna Smahina (University of Helsinki, Finland)
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The most apparent difference between the two country contexts is that in Finland, climate migrants are solely described as the "others" who come from far away whereas in the Dutch media climate migration is also described as something that will happen to the Dutch themselves and to other Europeans.
The findings illustrate that although the discourse of apocalyptic, climate change induced mass migration is already past its prime within the academic research field, this type of framing is still prominent in the news media.
This article looks into the framing of climate migration in the Finnish and Dutch news media. The authors find that climate migration is envisioned as something that will be massive in size, chaotic, and uncontrollable.
New article published: "Framing the Future of Climate Migration in Finnish and Dutch News Media: Understanding Future Visions by Investigating Underlying Normative Judgement", by Ilona Bontenbal, Päivi Pirkkalainen, and Hanna-Mari Husu
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Through this engagement with the critical scholarly migration debate, the analysis provides insights into how understandings of citizenship are (re)produced ‘from below,’ ultimately creating different conditions for refugees to become part of Danish society.
The article provides empirical examples of how dilemmas and ambiguities stem from the limitations of existing concepts. Furthermore, it demonstrates how discursive scenarios of state–immigrant relationships create different host–society opportunity structures for refugees’ resettlement.
In this article, Kathrine Vitus and Frederikke Jarlby analyse how local stakeholders interpret, align with, and contest national policy conceptualisations and goals of integration and how fundamental questions of citizenship and deservingness are at stake in these interpretations.
New article published: "Translating Policy Into Practice: Local Stakeholders’ Interpretations of Refugee Integration in the Danish Multilevel State", by Kathrine Vitus (VIVE, Denmark) and Frederikke Jarlby (NORCE, Norway).
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It discusses the fine line between interpreting and mediating, which depends on expectations, skills, and relationships with other key actors in the interview.
The article explores interpreters' experience of interpreting in the highly complex setting of asylum interviews, highlighting interpreters’ working conditions and a widespread mistrust in their skills.
New article published: "Interpreters’ Experiences of Asylum Interviews in Sweden. Working Conditions and Interpreting Literacy", by Kristina Gustafsson (Helsinki University) and Lisa Ottosson (University of Gothenburg).
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If you're committed to advancing migration scholarship and want to shape the future of academic publishing, please please send a short motivation letter of 1–2 pages, together with your CV to current Editors-in-Chief dalia.abdelhady@soc.lu.se and nahikari.irastorza@deusto.es by 30th June 2025!
We are looking for two passionate scholars to take over the leadership of NJMR starting September 2025.
The new Editors-in-Chief will work alongside the current team during a one-year transition period to ensure a smooth handover.
We are pleased to have published the first full issue of 2025, with seven research articles, two book reviews, and an editorial by Dalia Abdelhady, Joint Editor-in-Chief of NJMR. Check it out here: journal-njmr.org/60/volume/15...
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NJMR invites proposals from researchers interested in guest editing the 2026 Special Issue! The deadline for sending a proposal is April 30th, 2025. Proposals should be sent to the editors-in-chief: Dalia Abdelhady (dalia.abdelhady@soc.lu.se) and Nahikari Irastorza (nahikari.irastorza@duesto.es).
