Transit Migration in Europe / ed. by Michael Collyer, Irina Molodikova, Franck Düvell. - Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2014] ©2014 - 1 online resource (248 p.) : 15 halftones - IMISCOE Research .

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1 The Mediterranean Quadrants -- 2. Migrants' Uncertainties versus the State's Insecurities -- 3. Refugee Migration to Egypt: Settlement or Transit? -- 4. Transnational Migration -- 5. Trying to Transit -- Part 2 The Central and Eastern European Quadrants -- 6. The East-to-West Circuit -- 7. Hungary and the System of European Transit Migration -- 8. Irregular Transit Migration of Moldovan Citizens to the European Union Countries -- 9. Transit Migrations in the European Migration Spaces -- Abbreviations -- Author information -- Other IMISCOE Research titles



Transit migration is a term that is used to describe mixed flows of different types of temporary migrants, including refugees and labor migrants. In the popular press, it is often confused with illegal or irregular migration and carries associations with human smuggling and organized crime. This volume addresses that confusion, and the uncertainty of terminology and analysis that underlies it, offering an evidence-based, comprehensive approach to defining and understanding transit migration in Europe.


Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.


This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:


In English.

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Social and Political Sciences.
Sociology and Social History.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.

Transit migration, mixed migration, irregular migration, refugees, migration and border controls.

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