Monthly Archives: August 2011

IMER NEWSLETTER NR. 6/2011

AUGUST 2011

Content:

  • Nordic Journal of Migration Research Vol. 1
  • IMER Bergen Seminar
  • Ny VAM utlysning med søknadsfrist 12. oktober
  • Multiculturalism and Integration: Struggling with Confusions
  • Diaspora and Migration: Rethinking African Development in the 21st Century
  • Mapping Social Remittance
  • Conferences and Seminars
  • Masters, PhDs and Post-Docs
  • New Publications Continue reading

PROVIR PROJECT – PROVISION OF WELFARE TO IRREGULAR MIGRANTS

PROVIR Provision of Welfare to ‘Irregular Migrants’

Researcher project – VAM
How can welfare societies best deal with the issue of irregular migration? This question is currently high on the political agenda across Europe and beyond. This project aims to provide a combined judicial and social science approach to the provision of welfare to ‘irregular migrants’ in Norway. By combining a judicial and social science approach, the project will investigate the complex relationship between law, institutional practice, and migrants’ lived experience. Given the special vulnerability of children who are in an irregular situation, particular attention will be given to how the provision of welfare to irregular migrants affects the lives of children. Continue reading