How would #migrationstudies look like: (1) if #migrants are the 'stakeholders' and the #migrationindustry the research subject? (2) if we shift from analysing (and problematising) “migrant behaviour” to interrogating (and problematising) the vast ecosystem that governs mobility?

Did you know that before modern visa regimes, travel agencies were the gatekeepers of migration? 🌍✈️

doi.org/10.1080/0007... by Ioannis Limnios #bizhis #migrationindustry

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4th panel: Critiquing the econ. of migration--Tues @ 1:30 w/ @seb-rumsby.bsky.social, @drsvg.bsky.social, Fatima Farakhdust, and Samah Rafiq. Themes: #financialisation, #intersectionality, #culturalanalysis, and #migrationindustry