Local-level Migration Governance

The importance of large, medium and small cities in receiving migrants, and thus in planning and implementing migration-related policies, has been growing. This applies to both forced and voluntary migrants - all over the world. Cities’ responses can be implemented within the framework of official policies and grounded in local strategic documents as well as through actual actions. These policies and activities are related to education, the labour market, health care and social welfare, political and social participation, and many others. They include the activities of state actors (central and local governments), civil society (NGOs, CSOs, migrant organisations, religious organisations, grassroots initiatives of residents, local communities and diasporas) and private sector (businesses, employers’ organisations, trade unions, chambers of commerce). There are also IGOs (like IOM or UNHCR) that contribute to local-level migration governance, often through special programs, projects and support mechanisms. We welcome papers focused on theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of local-level migration governance from the perspective of policy and practice, as well as specific and comparative case studies.