New to This Edition
- A wealth of new data, increased attention to non-Western regions and perspectives, and stronger analysis of long-term trends.
- Chapter critically evaluating different categories used to describe migrants and analyze migration, including a myth-busting discussion of "climate refugees."
- Chapter on the evolution and effectiveness of migration policies.
- Chapter on how migration affects origin countries.
- Expanded coverage of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
- Analyses of timely topics, including anti-immigrant politics and Islamophobia; migration policies under Trump; large-scale refugee movements; the growth of new types of mobility for such purposes as education, marriage or retirement; and the tools governments use to control migration (the "Migration Policy Toolbox").
- Glossary of key terms, which are highlighted throughout the text.