Preface
 
1  Introduction

Transit Migrations and European Spaces
Michael Collyer, Franck Düvell, Hein de Haas and Irina Molodikova
1.1 The value of the concept of ‘transit migration’
1.2 Charting European spaces: Place or flow?
1.3 Thematic analysis of transit migrations
1.4 Papers in this collection
 
Part 1  The Mediterranean Quadrants
 
2  Migrants’ Uncertainties versus the State’s Insecurities

Transit Migration in Turkey
Ahmet Içduygu and Deniz Sert
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Transit border crossings in Turkey: Some facts
2.3 Environment of uncertainty
2.4 Environment of insecurity
2.5 Conclusion
 
3  Refugee Migration to Egypt: Settlement or Transit?
Mulki Al-Sharmani
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The history of refugee migration to Egypt
3.3 Egypt’s policies on refugees
3.4 UNHCR Cairo: Protection policies
3.5 Refugees’ experiences
3.6 Conclusion: Settlement or transit?
 
4  Transnational Migration

The Case of Sub-Saharan Transmigrants Stopping Over in Morocco
Mehdi Alioua
4.1 The stage: The best place to observe and understand ‘transit migrations’
4.2 The establishment of collectives in Maghrebian stopovers
4.3 The impact of transmigration on local populations
 
5  Trying to Transit

Irregular Immigration in Malta
Cetta Mainwaring
5.1 Introduction
5.2 EU migration policy
5.3 Malta
5.4 Trying to transit: Migrant accounts and strategies
5.5 Conclusion: Transit migration?
 
Part 2  The Central and Eastern European Quadrants
 
6  The East-to-West Circuit

Transit Migration through Russia

Irina Ivakhnyuk
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The emergence of Russia as a transit zone
6.3 Interstate cooperation in counteracting irregular migration, human smuggling and trafficking
6.4 Conclusion
 
7  Hungary and the System of European Transit Migration
Irina Molodikova
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Theoretical and methodological approaches to research
7.3 Main types of legal migration flows in Hungary
7.4 Illegal migration in the Schengen zone: Old or new migration patterns?
7.5 Transformation of migration flows after Schengen extension
7.6 Adaptation strategies of refugees and protected migrants: The results of three years' life in Hungary
7.7 Integration plans as officials see them: New laws and new opportunities
7.8 Conclusions
 
8  Irregular Transit Migration of Moldovan Citizens to the European Union Countries
Valerii Mosneaga
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The push factors of Moldovan migration
8.3 Theoretical and methodological approach
8.4 Government efforts on migration management
8.5 Irregular (transit) migration from Moldova
8.6 The services for illegal migration and trafficking
8.7 Main routes for transit migration from Moldova to the EU
8.8 Return transit migration to Moldova
8.9 Irregular transit migration via the Republic of Moldova
8.10 Conclusion
 
9  Transit Migrations in the European Migration Spaces

Politics, Determinants and Dynamics
Franck Düvell
9.1 Contrasting geopolitical structures and migration regimes
9.2 Causes, patterns and consequences of transit migration
9.3 Characteristics and strategies of transit migrants
9.4 The politics of transit migration
9.5 Countries transited by migrants: Similar and different
9.6 Conclusion
 
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