
Border Control without Walls
Managing Migration with Foreign Aid
Cambridge University Press
Will be published approx. on 18. June 2026
Book
Hardback
75 pages
978-1-009-58165-3 (ISBN)
Description
Immigration to Western nations has risen sharply, fueling political backlash and the ascent of far-right, nativist policymakers who favor restrictive migration policies. Yet such restrictions are unlikely to succeed over the long term because they fail to address the root causes that drive people to seek better lives abroad. Foreign aid has long been viewed as a tool for tackling these underlying causes, though its effectiveness in shaping migration remains contested. The recent curtailment of aid by the same governments advancing migration restrictions creates a pivotal moment to reconsider the role and design of aid programs. This volume contributes to that effort by offering a systematic assessment of the intersections between aid and international migration. It identifies four distinct pathways through which aid affects migration and a fifth feedback pathway through which migration influences the allocation of aid, providing a comprehensive framework for future research and policymaking.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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College/higher education
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ISBN-13
978-1-009-58165-3 (9781009581653)
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Introduction; 1. Immigration policy and management; 2. The migration aid pathway; 3. The Quality of Life (QoL) pathway; 4. The crisis management pathway; 5. the global politics pathway; 6. The feedback loop; Conclusion; References.