Professor Jane Harrington, Vice Chancellor and CEO, University of Greenwich, UK
Professor Özgür H. Çınar, School of Law and Criminology, University of Greenwich, UK.
Professor Ibrahim Sirkeci, International Business School, Manchester, UK
Professor Radoslav Stefancik, Economics University in Bratislava, Slovakia

10:00-11:15

Distinguished Keynote – Plenary Discussion Session

[ KW303 – King William Building, 3^rd Floor ]

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Emeritus Professor Bill Bowring, FAcSS, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK
Discussant: Professor Mario Savino, University of Tuscia, Italy

11:15 – 11:30: Break

11 June 2025, Wednesday

11:30 – 13:00

1A Arts, Literature, Media 1 [ Room: KW302]

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Moderator: Julie Ham, Brock University, Canada

790 Postmigration and Identity: A Comparative Study of British-Middle Eastern Narratives

Elena Violaris, University of Oxford, UK

634 You Have Potential, But…

Jay Mar Albaos, KU Leuven and LUCA School of Arts, Belgium

973 Stories from the Venezuelan Diaspora: Absurdity, Imagination and Hope

Sherezade García Rangel, University of Lincoln, UK

680 Creative Writing Pedagogies for Labour Migration Diasporas

Julie Ham, Brock University, Canada

Yvonne Yevan Yu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

1B Education and Skilled Migration 1 [ Room: KW303]

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Moderator: Alicia Rusoja, University of California, Davis, USA

758 Venezuelan Im/migration & Education in the United States of America: A Qualitative Literature Review

Alicia Rusoja, University of California, Davis, USA

445 Stories of ESOL in Suffolk, England

Amna Smith, University of Southampton, UK

897 A Dream No Longer Deferred: The Power and Limits of Conditional Integration on the Social Mobility of Undocumented Young Adults

Hyein Lee, CUNY Graduate Center, USA

Maria Gabriela Pacheco, TheDream, USA

1C Identity and Migration 1 [ Room: KW315]

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Moderator: Sunday Israel Oyebamiji, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

769 The Legal Identity of Indigenous People and Borders: The Wayuu People in Colombia

Pilar Balbuena, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

808 Navigating Transnational Identity: The Experience of Older Migrants in South Africa

Sunday Israel Oyebamiji, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Paul Kariuki, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Feyisetan Eniola Elebijo, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

512 Social media and migration: What is more of Africa and African migrants in South Africa?

Toyin Cotties Adetiba, University of Zululand, South Africa

544 “Refugee Camps” in China: The Role of Overseas Chinese Farms in Integrating Refugees

LI Zeming, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

1D Families and Households 1 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Jocelyn Omandam Celero, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

662 The importance of collaborative and multidisciplinary work in the co-construction of a digital healthcare support project for immigrant women in Quebec

Erika Corona Velazquez, Laval University, Canada

Marielle M’bangha, Perinatal Care Reference Service for Migrant Women from Quebec, Canada

Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Laval University, Canada

756 Living In-Between: Belonging and Second-Generation Latinx Emerging Adults

Maria Ximena Maldonado-Morales, Smith College School for Social Work, USA

546 Navigating Love, Caregiving, and Emotional Burdens: The Complexities of Transnational Fatherhood

Syed Imran Haider, Ca Foscari University of Venice, Italy

Francesco Della Puppa, Ca Foscari University of Venice, Italy

654 Fathering in International Marriage Families: Intergenerational Comparison of Fathering Practices and Negotiations of Mixedness among Japanese Migrant Me

Jocelyn Omandam Celero, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

1E Integration and Migration 1 [ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Ana Vila-Freyer, Universidad de Guanajuato, México

456 Reevaluating Immigrant Integration in “Exclusionary” Regimes: Diaspora and Mobility in the State of Qatar

Amanda Garrett, Georgetown University, Qatar

508 Tales of a Yiddish land. Exploring Yiddish diasporic territoriality in New York through autobiographical narratives

Ariel Roemer, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

429 Analyzing the Approach of the Government in Migration and Development through Diaspora Identities

Aurora Suarez Llige, University of the Philippines, Philippines

710 The Concept of Filial Piety Among Chinese Migrants in Ireland

Liwei Zhu, Technological University Dublin, Ireland

1F Migration and Development 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

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Moderator: Djamila Chekrouni, Mohamed V University Rabat, Morocco

513 The Impact of International Migration on the Demographics and Economy of Morocco

Zaynab Benabdallah, Mohamed V University Rabat, Morocco

Djamila Chekrouni, Mohamed V University Rabat, Morocco

485 Impact of Migrants’ Remittances and COVID-19 on Household Poverty and Inequality: A case Study of Mazar-i-Sharif, Balkh Province, Afghanistan

Baqir Khawari, University of Tsukuba, Japan

647 Space and time variations in the migration and development debate- introducing the spatial temporal dialectic

Maria Teresa Pinto da Silva e Conceição Santos, University of Lisbon, Portugal

796 Driven to Leave: Analyzing the factors behind emigration in Africa

Enrica Di Stefano, Bank of Italy, Italy

Elena Rossi Espagnet, University La Sapienza of Rome, Italy

13:00 – 14:00: Lunch Break

11 June 2025, Wednesday

14:00 – 15:30

2A Arts, Literature, Media 2 [ Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Jay Mar Albaos, KU Leuven and LUCA School of Arts, Belgium

824 Crossing the Border on TikTok: Documenting Irregular Journeys through Novel Social Media Platforms

Moaz Nasser Saber Abdelrahman, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa, Italy

Andrew Fallone, University of Cambridge, UK

506 The Migrant Crisis and Media Agendas: A Comparative Analysis in Europe

Maija Ozola-Schade, Technical University Ilmenau, Germany

881 Young artists in exile: Comprehending the life trajectories and artivism of displaced young adult artists in Paris. A case study of Paris in the mid-2020s

Plaifon Parama, Université Paris Cité & Learning Planet Institute, France

2B Education and Skilled Migration 2 [ Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Réka Brigitta Szaniszló, University of Szeged, Hungary

852 The “#reverse_brain_drain” Campaign in Bangladesh: Public Opinion and Possibilities for Policy Change

Ishrar Habib, Bangladesh Association of Commonwealth Scholars and Fellows (BACSAF), Bangladesh

742 International Student Migration Index – Theory and Application

Réka Brigitta Szaniszló, University of Szeged, Hungary

2037 Student migration from India and changing policy regimes

Sadananda Sahoo, Indira Gandhi National Open University, India

537 Artist as Citizenship: (Im)Mobility & (Non)Belonging

Ziyue LU, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands

2C Gender and Migration 1 [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Carla De Tona, University of Bologna, Italy

944 Young Indian Migrant Women in Italy: Negotiating Gendered Emancipation Amidst Mobility, Patriarchy and Racism

Carla De Tona, University of Bologna, Italy

610 Migration, Diversity, and Social Inequalities Among Generations of Women in Spain

Anna Montfort Chipell, Centro de Estudios Demográficos (CED-CERCA) y Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain

Pau Miret Gamundi, Centro de Estudios Demográficos (CED-CERCA), Spain

Andreu Domingo Valls, Centro de Estudios Demográficos (CED-CERCA), Spain

723 “I’m a migrant and a mom; how did I find my tribe?”. Ma.mi.lab and the migrant women’s resilience in Belgium

Fanny Margot Tudela Poblete, CA Actores Sociales y Desarrollo Comunitario, Ma.mi.lab ASBL, Belgium

Carolina del Valle Rodríguez, Ma.mi. Lab, Belgium

914 Between Home and Horizon: Gendered Vulnerabilities, Health, and the Long Walk of Migration in India

Munappy Gayatri Gopinathan, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

Dr. P R Suresh, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

2D Integration and Migration 2 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Yael Gordon, LSE, UK

434 Securitizing Rohingyas: exploring exclusionary dynamics in India’s security discourse

Monika Verma, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

792 Lives in Transit: Stories of Refugees

Priyali Sur, The Azadi Project, India

Ankita Dan, The Azadi Project, India

602 ‘Some people rather die of a gunshot than of hunger’: How refugees in Northern Uganda negotiate the refugee label after targeted and reduced food assistance

Roos Derrix, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Milena Belloni, University of Antwerp, Belgium

516 Experiences of British Hosts: Reflections on the Hospitality Practices for Ukrainian Refugees

Yael Gordon, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

2E Law, Policy and Governance 1 [ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Deniz Yetkin Aker, Istanbul Beykent University, Türkiye

2013 The Pact on Migration and Asylum and Changing Role of Frontex as European Border and Coast Guard Agency

Deniz Yetkin Aker, Istanbul Beykent University, Türkiye

Ismail Turan, Istanbul Beykent University, Türkiye

752 The administrative accountability of Frontex and the pioneering role of the European Ombudsman

Alessio Laconi, University of Florence, Italy

833 State Power at Sea: Port Blockages, Legal Struggles, and the Politics of Migration Control

Sarah Elena Kruck, Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

895 House Rules: Conceptualizing Norm Subversion within the Liberal International Order

Danielle Obisie-Orlu, Cornell University, USA

2F Work, Employment and Society 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

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Moderator: U. Sezgi Sozen, University of Hamburg, Germany

585 Experiences of Migrant Live-in Care Workers Facing the Death of Their Care Recipients

Daniella Arieli, Emek Yezreel Academic College, Israel

Gila Amitay, Emek Yezreel Academic College, Israel

Dalit Yassour-Borochowitz, Emek Yezreel Academic College, Israel

657 Refugee Immigration and Crimes against Non-Refugee Foreigners

Mohamad Alhussein Saoud, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany

Michael Kvasnicka, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, RWI, IZA, Germany

878 Fostering Empathy to Improve Migrant Integration in the Workforce (Part 1): Empathy in Critical Incidents Between German Employment Agents and Migrant Beneficiaries

Saskia Judith Schubert, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

Carlotta Alpers, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

Tobias Ringeisen, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

15:30 – 15:45: Break

11 June 2025, Wednesday

15:45 – 17:15

3A Environment and Migration 2 [ Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Nikola Lero, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

707 Navigating the Nexus of International Migration Law, Climate Change, and Border Management: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Addressing Nigeria’s Migration Challenges in the Context of Externalization and Environmental Displacement

Grace Perpetual Dafiel, Veritas University Nigeria Abuja, Nigeria

Ruqayyah Olaide Abdulaziz, University of Ilorin, Nigeria

Comfort Onyanta Alli, Street Child Care and Welfare Initiative (SCCWI), Nigeria

687 ‘Too Loud for Their Parks, Too Balkan for Their City’: Transgenerational Domestic Homing, Urban Bordering, and the Aesthetics of Diasporic Nostalgia among Yugoslav-Serbs in London

Nikola Lero, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

835 The Limits of Law for Social Justice: Examining the Role of Law on Resource Extraction and Green Energy Development on Indigenous Peoples’ Territory, and the Impact on their Rights, Livelihoods, and the Environment, in the Case of the Wayuu Indigenous People in Colombia

Pilar Balbuena, Carleton University, Canada

3B Education and Skilled Migration 3 [ Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Lilach Lev Ari, Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel

590 Educators’ perspectives on inclusive education of forced migrants’ children in the Tel Aviv educational system

Lilach Lev Ari, Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel

Laura Sigad, Oranim Academic College of Education , Israel

614 Rincones de desahogo y risa: Playdate Pláticas with Immigrant Latina Grand/Mothers and their Children

Cathy de los Ríos, University of California, Berkeley, US

501 Enhancing capabilities through education: educational and skills development for conflict-displaced Burmese youth in rural and urban Thailand

David Lefor, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

734 Support Immigrant Students in Schools

Lorena Tule-Romain, Southern Methodist University, USA

Viridiana Carrizales, USA

3C Türkiye’de Göç 1 [Turkish] [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Filiz Göktuna Yaylacı, Anadolu University, Türkiye

528 “Kadın Başına Göç”: Konya’daki Afgan Genç Kadınların Kaçış Hikayeleri ve Eril Şiddetle Mücadeleleri

Filiz Göktuna Yaylacı, Anadolu University, Türkiye

Gamze Kaçar Tunç, Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University, Türkiye

566 Anayasa Mahkemesinin Güncel Kararları ve Suriye’deki Rejim Değişikliği Sonrası Suriyelilerin Sınır Dışı Edilmesi

Hande Bingöl, İstanbul Üniversitesi, Türkiye

446 Göç Bağlamında İklim Mültecileri Tartışması ve Hukuki Çerçeve İhtiyacı

Şilan Merve Yeşilmen, Türkiye

Özge Çopuroğlu, Türkiye

3D Law, Policy and Governance 2 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Deniz Yetkin Aker, Istanbul Beykent University, Türkiye

424 Navigating the Italian Refugee System: Legal Protections and Gaps

Alina Soloviova, European University Institute, Italy

750 Small State Responses to Migration Transformation: Baltic Regional Experience

Santa Barone-Upeniece, University of Latvia, Latvia

2009 Supporting Türkiye’s Efforts for Efficient Migration Management

Emine Mermer Karaayak, IOM, Türkiye

842 The effectiveness of Due Process (or fair trial) of Irregular Subsaharan Migrants in Morocco: between Legal Framework and Practice (2003-2020)

Nabila Zouhiri, University Mohamed V – Souissi – Rabat, Morocco

3E Environment and Migration 1 [ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Aniseh S. Bro, Appalachian State University, United States

467 Invisible communities: migrants in the wake of environmental disasters

Aniseh S. Bro, Appalachian State University, United States

Ellen Kraai,

831 Individual and Community Effects on Environmental Internal Migration Patterns in Senegal

Corentin Visée, University of Namur, Belgium

Sébastien Dujardin, University of Namur, Belgium

Sabine Henry, University of Namur, Belgium

686 Immigrant Women’s Health in the Context of Climate and Social Justice: A Participatory Action Research Protocol

Fatemeh Khalaj, Laval University, Canada

Marie Pierre Gagnon, Laval University, Canada

Samira Amil, Laval University, Canada

Erika Corona, Laval University, Canada

564 Multi-layered Dynamics of Push and Pull Factors of Migration and its Changing Patterns in Coastal Bangladesh

Gazi Alif Laila, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

James Ford, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Diana Ivanova, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Jouni Paavola, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

3F Wellbeing, Health and Migration 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

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Moderator: Ana Vila-Freyer, Universidad de Guanajuato, México

864 Migration and Ageing in the South of Guanajuato, a case study

Ana Vila-Freyer, Universidad de Guanajuato, México

910 Stories Across Generations: A Meta-Synthesis of Intergenerational Trauma in Refugee Communities

Jaclyn Kirsch, University of Texas at Arlington, United States

Maryam Rafieifar, University of Texas at Arlington, United States

Hanna Haran, University of Texas at Arlington, United States

435 From Successful Start-Up to Sudden Collapse: What Predicts the Survival and Longevity of ICT-based Humanitarian Initiatives Designed to Help Refugees and Migrants?

Ziaul Haque, Juniata College, Pennsylvania, United States

Joseph G. Bock, Juniata College, United States

12 June 2025, Thursday

09:00 – 10:30

4A Roundtable: Food Security among Afghan Refugees

[ Room: KW303 ]

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A special session where the lead investigators from a multi-country study will share their insight on the quality of life and food security status of Afghan refugees after Taliban takeover in Iran, Canada and the US while exploring the well-being of residents in Afghanistan.

Chair: Hassan Vatanparast, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

Panellists:

– Mohammad Reza Pakravan-Charvadeh, Lorestan University, Iran

– Ginny Lane, University of Idaho, USA

– Rasoul Sadeghi, University of Tehran, Iran

– Nasrin Omidvar, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Q&A

4B Law, Policy and Governance 3 [ Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Radoslav Štefančík, University of Economics Bratislava, Slovakia

693 Participation of populists in government and its impact on migration discourse

Radoslav Štefančík, University of Economics Bratislava, Slovakia

548 How has the evolution of the liberal international order (LIO) influenced the treatment of refugees in the Global North compared to the Global South?

Erin Gable, Boston University, USA

841 Externalisation of Migration in the Reform of the Common European Asylum System: Legal Challenges and Human Rights Concerns

Katharina Stübinger, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy

817 Positioning Turkey’s Zafer Party in the Context of European Far-Right Parties’ Discourses on Migrants: Is the Zafer Party a Far-Right Party?

Seher Atay, Suleyman Demirel University, Türkiye

Ozlem Kahya Nizam, Suleyman Demirel University, Türkiye

4C Gender and Migration 3 [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Fanny Margot Tudela Poblete, CA Actores Sociales y Desarrollo Comunitario, Belgium

628 “Las Patronas, la esperanza del migrante”. Women’s agency, experiences, and resiliences around transit migration

Fanny Margot Tudela Poblete, CA Actores Sociales y Desarrollo Comunitario, Belgium

Jesus Madera Pacheco, Universidad Autonoma de Nayarit, Mexico

787 “We are not objects!” – Contested remembrance using the example of Turkish-Greek forced migration

Anita Rotter, University of Innsbruck, Austria

438 Migrant Women and Children Navigating and Transforming Migrantscapes: experiences and Situated Knowledge in Tijuana, Mexico

Frida Güiza, CETYS Universidad, Campus Tijuana, Mexico

Haydee Beltran-Duran, Fundación Internacional de la Comunidad, Mexico

Angela Serrano-Carrasco, Universidad Iberoamericana – Campus Tijuana, Mexico

844 “Constructing the Identity of Migrant Women in Transnational Marriages in South Korea: Challenging Stereotypical Media Representations

Jungmin Lee, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France

4D Space, Place and Migration 1 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: T. Elizabeth Durden, Bucknell University, USA

839 Growing Acceptance: Farmers Market and Immigrant Inclusion in New Destinations

Elizabeth Durden, Bucknell University, USA

635 Expected Identities: Tibetans in-exile and the pressures of “Tibetan-ness”

Jack Michael McMahon, University of Melbourne, Australia

736 Everyday experiences of refugees: A Participatory Photographic Study in Paris, Vienna, and Madrid

Johanna Laetizia Exenberger, Université Paris Cité, France

868 Constructing Hungarian Heterotopia: German-speaking Lifestyle Migrants and Western Disillusionment

Philipp Kuhn, University of Szeged, Hungary

Gábor Hegedűs, University of Szeged, Hungary

4E Work, Employment and Society 2 [ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Emily Bergner, Radboud University, Netherlands

646 From Demographic Reproduction to Social Stratification. Migration and the reconfiguration of social classes in Catalonia in the XXI century

Carlos Ruiz-Ramos, Centre for Demographic Studies (CED-CERCA) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain

Andreu Domingo, Centre for Demographic Studies (CED-CERCA), Spain

Rocío Treviño, Centre for Demographic Studies (CED-CERCA), Spain

806 Syrian refugees and their entrance in the Austrian labour market: Comparison of different arrival cohorts

Isabella Buber-Ennser, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

Bernhard Rengs, Austria

Judith Kohlenberger, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria

Sophie Reichelt, Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Austria

879 Fostering Empathy to Improve Migrant Integration in the Workforce (Part 2): Designing a Training Program for Employment Agents

Carlotta Alpers, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

Saskia Schubert, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

Tobias Ringeisen, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany

527 A comparative study on the labour market outcomes of internal and international migrants in Ecuador

Emily Bergner, Radboud University, Netherlands

Nicole Salazar Alvarez, Netherlands

Jimena Pacheco, Leiden University, Netherlands

Natascha Wagner, Radboud University, Netherlands

4F Theory, Data and Methods 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

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Moderator: Sureyya Sonmez Efe, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

822 Quantifying Social Capital: A Formal Methodology for the Analysis of Access to Information While on the Move

Andrew Fallone, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

885 Transnational Gentrification in Sicily: Lifestyle Migrants and Inequality

Valeria Holguin Arcia, Universita di Catania, Italy

396 Predicting Migration: The Human Rights Implications of the EU’s Ubiquitous Border

Giovanni Dini, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona / Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, Spain

751 Photovoice Methodology and Representation of Refugee Women: Nuanced Understanding of Lived Experiences of Maternal Care Services in Türkiye

Sureyya Sonmez Efe, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom

10:30 – 10:45: Break

12 June 2025, Thursday

10:45 – 12:15

5A Theory, Data and Methods 2 [ Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Ali Faruk Yaylacı, Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Türkiye

675 Co-construction of a Sensitization Workshop on Culturally Responsive Teaching: Facilitators and Obstacles to Collaboration with Secondary School Teachers

Corinne Hébert, Université de Montréal, Canada

Isabelle Archambault, Université de Montréal, Canada

Kristel Tardif-Grenier, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Canada

715 Regional multistate projection of future inequalities: Migration and educational attainment in Spanish regions 2024-2074

Osama Damoun, Centre for Demographic Studies (CED), Barcelona, Spain

Dilek Yildiz, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria

876 Rootedness and a Culture of Staying Amidst Out Migration in Rural Guatemala

Helen Hobson, Kennesaw State University, USA

911 A Conceptualization of School Citizenship for the New Citizens of Schools in Türkiye: The Rights and Responsibilities of Immigrant/Refugee Students and Parents

Ali Faruk Yaylacı, Kütahya Dumlupınar University, Türkiye

5B Arts, Literature, Media 3 [ Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Lan Lo, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

738 ‘We’ as a place of refuge in the ‘New Migration Crónica’

Irene Praga Guerro, Birkbeck College, University of London, United Kingdom

624 “Broken mirrors”: the temporalities of post migration in contemporary British literature

Juliana Lopoukhine, Sorbonne University, Paris, France

427 Fallen leaves, new roots: burial places of the Chinese diaspora

Kellin Wang, United Kingdom

907 Talking Trees / 树说/述说：home, paths, roots, and the metaphorical growth of trees across time for a sense of belonging

Lan Lo, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

5C Business, Economics, Development 1 [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Aytaç Uğur Yerden, Istanbul Gedik University, Türkiye

936 Support Mechanisms for Business Creation in the Walloon Region for non-European Migrants

Honorine Kuete, University of Mons, Belgium

737 Exit Taxes as a Barrier to Emigration and The Need for an International Treaty To Create Uniformity and Certainty Surrounding Emigration

John Richardson, SEAT – “Stop Extraterritorial American Taxation” – SEATNow.org, Canada

660 Reverse Hawala: Unveiling the Role of Informal Remittance Systems in Trade Finance Between Turkey and Afghanistan

Mohammad Ayoub Babur, Karadeniz Technical University, Türkiye

2002 A Research on the Effect of Digital Immigrants’ and Digital Natives’ Attitudes Towards Innovation on Their Purchase Intentions

Nevin Karabiyik Yerden, Marmara University, Türkiye

Aytaç Uğur Yerden, Istanbul Gedik University, Türkiye

5D Law, Policy and Governance 4 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Laura Snyder, Association of Americans Resident Overseas (AARO); Stop Extraterritorial American Taxation (SEAT), France

623 Refusing to Let Go: A Tale of Two Emigrations

Laura Snyder, Association of Americans Resident Overseas (AARO); Stop Extraterritorial American Taxation (SEAT), France

798 Syrian Refugee Children’s Voice in the United States of America: A Call for Increased Participation in Migration Processes

Emily Kwok, Macquarie University, Australia

421 Claiming Belonging and Rationalizing Restrictiveness: The Evolution of Asylum Seekers’ Legal Consciousness in the Context of Reception

Laura Rakotomalala, Free University of Brussels, Belgium

748 Uncertainties upon Uncertainties: An Ethnographic Research on the Migration Experiences of British National (Overseas) Migrants in the UK

Lok Yee Liona Li, International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands

5E Integration and Migration 3 [ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Ritika Tanotra, York University, Canada

773 Faith-based Transnationalism: Transnational Religious Experiences Connecting Filipino Migrant Workers in Singapore and their Left-behind Families in the Philippines

Evangeline O. Katigbak-Montoya, De La Salle University Manila, Philippines

651 Forgiveness and grudge as affective orientations towards the future amongst Hungarian and Venezuelan migrants in London

Judit Molnar, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

444 Redefining Resentment: Growing Anti-Immigration Rhetoric and Racism Towards Indian South Asians in Canada

Ritika Tanotra, York University, Canada

765 The Right to Have Rights for “Arendt’s Children”: The Conceptual and Policy Predicament

Yuri Keum, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

5F Space, Place and Migration 2 [ Room: KW016 ]

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Moderator: Ibrahim Sirkeci, International Business School, Manchester, UK

814 Beyond Migration: Exploring Young People’s (Im)Mobility and the Good Life in Brazil

Adélia Verônica da Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Maria Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal

789 Biographical Narratives in the Postmigrant Urban Society: The Example of London

Anita Rotter, University of Innsbruck, Austria

603 The Emergence of Second Generations in Spain: A Geographic Analysis at Different Scales in the Province of Barcelona

Jordi Bayona-i-Carrasco, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Andreu Domingo, Centre d’Estudis Demogràficcs, Spain

Nachatter Singh, Universidade da Coruña, Spain

937 The Law that Targeted a Group: Immigration Law in Costa Rica and its impact on Nicaraguan immigrants

Julissa Maria Ramirez Perez, University of South Florida, USA

12:15 – 13:15: Lunch Break

12 June 2025, Thursday

13:15 – 14:45

Plenary Discussion Session:

“Migration Policy Challenges in the New Era of Uncertainty”

[Room: KW303 – King William Building, 3^rd Floor ]

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Keynote Speakers:

Emeritus Professor Philip L. Martin, University of California Davis, USA

Professor Ozlem Onaran, University of Greenwich, UK

Discussant: Professor Jeffrey H. Cohen, Ohio State University, USA

14:45 – 15:00: Break

12 June 2025, Thursday

15:00 – 16:30

6A Theory and Methods 3 [ Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Klement R. Camaj, University of the West of Scotland, United Kingdom

431 Redefining Diaspora – A Modern Outlook to a Classical Concept

Klement R. Camaj, University of the West of Scotland, UK

Murray Leith, University of the West of Scotland, UK

754 Tracing the ‘Biosecurity-Immigration Nexus’: The Extension of Biosecurity into the Canadian Immigration Regime Since the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pablo Roy-Rojas, York University, Canada

619 Have we been Measuring Migrant Wellbeing all Wrong? Conceptualizing Migrant Wellbeing: A Systematic Review

Salsawi Feleke Debela, University of Melbourne, Australia

Sheenagh McShane, University of Melbourne, Australia

Lauren Carpenter, University of Melbourne, Australia

Celia McMichael, University of Melbourne, Australia

Ankur Singh, University of Melbourne, Australia

Karen Block, University of Melbourne, Australia

425 E pluribus unum? Redefining the Main Premises of Acculturation Theory and Testing Them as a Unified Model

Eugene Tartakovsky, Tel Aviv University, Israel

6B Law, Policy and Governance 5 [ Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Li Zeming, City University of Hong Kong, China

685 Explaining the Indian State’s Policy Response to Female Migrant Domestic Workers

Patrick R Ireland, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA

605 Demography and Democracy: Navigating the European Union’s Migration Maze

Andreu Domingo-Valls, Autonomous Universuty of Barcelona, Spain

Gemma Pinyol, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

649 The Impact of the Best Interests Principle on the Protection of Migrant Children: the Views of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Jaroslav Větrovský, Palacký University, Czech Republic

545 Political Realism and Historical Continuity: Analyzing China’s Evolving Framework for Refugee Management

Li Zeming, City University of Hong Kong, China

6C Wellbeing, Health and Migration 2 [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Jocelyn O. Celero, University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines

690 Public Attitudes Toward Publicly Funded Health Care Access for Non-Citizens: A Cross-National Analysis

Claire Ardell Pernat, Boston University School of Public Health, USA

803 Intersectional inequalities, well-being, and migration: a scoping review

Margarida Martins Barroso, UNED, Spain

776 What explains migrants’ resilience during reintegration? Examining the returned overseas Filipino workers’ experience during the COVID-19 pandemic

Melissa R. Garabiles, De La Salle University and Scalabrini Migration Center, Philippines

Maruja Milagros B. Asis, Scalabrini Migration Center and International Organization for Migration Philippines, Philippines

418 Have you Heard from Migrant/Ethnic Minority Parents Raising Children with Disabilities?

Noah Agbo, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

6D Integration and Migration 4 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Michela C. Pellicani, University of Bari, Italy

393 Reintegration and Resilience among returnees

Ammar Saeed Ammar, American University of Beirut (AUB), Lebanon

721 International migrants in Switzerland: comparing the trajectories and outcomes of migrants from EU and non-EU countries

Justyna Salamonska, Kozminski University, Poland

591 Eritrean Forced Migrants in Tel Aviv: Between Social Integration and Exclusion

Lilach Lev Ari, Oranim Academic College of Education, Israel

Arie Herscovici, Western Galilee College, Israel

498 Minority Groups in Academia: Identity, Challenges, and Opportunities

Adi Binhas, Beit Berl College, Israel

6E Gender and Migration 2 [ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Tahire Erman, Bilkent University, Türkiye

977 Navigating Patriarchy in the Humanitarian Field: Syrian Refugee Women in a Slum Neighborhood in Ankara, Türkiye

Tahire Erman, Bilkent University, Türkiye

912 Exploring conceptions of ‘Home’ with Afghan migrant and refugee women

Rabia Nasimi, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

971 Gendered Precarity: Exploring the Experiences of Women Temporary Migrant Farm Workers in Québec, Canada

Roxanne Fay, University of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada

898 Luchando Junt@s Por Una Familia Unida (Fighting Together for a United Family): Rebuilding the Cohesive Self of Immigrant Parents and Community Healing after a Family Separation in the United States – A Self Psychology Perspective

Cheryl Aguilar, Smith College, USA

6F Sponsor Workshop: Immigration Pathways to Canada

[ Room: KW016 ]

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This is a special session run by InterCan Solutions. Postgraduate students, Master or Doctoral, are invited to join.

16:30 – 16:45: Break

12 June 2025, Thursday

16:30 – 18:00

7X National Maritime Museum – Migration Related Object Tour

[ Lecture Theatre of the National Maritime Museum]

National Maritime Museum – Migration Related Object Tour

>>> Free booking required: Please book via this link: https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=MIOT&c=MIOTC

12 June 2025, Thursday

16:45 – 18:15

7A Youth Migration 1 [ Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Liat Yakhnich, Beit Berl College, Israel

811 Beyond the Return Myth: Young Brazilian Migrants in Portugal and the (Im)mobility Paradox

Adélia Verônica da Silva, University of Lisbon, Portugal

Maria Lucinda Fonseca, University of Lisbon, Portugal

586 Unaccompanied Migrant Minors’ governance: a Pendulum between Protection and Control. Comparative analysis among democratic systems in U.S. and EU

Isabella Miano, University of Catania, Italy

783 Aging Out: Examining the Mental Health and Social Service Needs of Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth during the Precarious Transition to Adulthood

Kristina K. Lovato, University of California, Berkeley, USA

463 Immigrant Youth from France in Israel: Adaptation and Risk Behaviours

Liat Yakhnich, Beit Berl College, Israel

Keren Michael, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel

7B Wellbeing, Health and Migration 3 [ Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Ana Vila-Freyer, Universidad de Guanajuato, México

692 Understanding Vaccination Gaps: A Nativity-Based Analysis of COVID-19 and Flu Vaccine Uptake in the United States

Claire Ardell Pernat, Boston University, USA

Matthew Motta, Boston University, USA

555 Determinants of Access to Private Health Insurance or Medicare Among Mexican Immigrant Heads of Households in Chicago

Jose M. Soltero, DePaul University, USA

606 Scarcity in Crises – The Role of Personal Resources in Accessing COVID-19 Vaccines in Germany

Laura Goßner, Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany

733 Empowered and Healthy Immigrant Families: Piloting an SDOH Curriculum

Claudia M. Castillo-Lavergne, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology, USA

German Cadenas, Rutgers Graduate School of Applied & Professional Psychology, USA

Lorena Tule-Romain, ImmSchools, USA

Viridiana Carrizales, ImmSchools, USA

664 The challenges of digital health training for pregnant immigrant women in the perinatal process. Evaluation of the COLINE project

Erika Corona Velazquez, Laval University, Canada

Marielle M’bangha, Perinatal Care Reference Service for Migrant Women from Quebec, Canada

Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Laval University, Canada

7C Law, Policy and Governance 6 [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Karelys Guzmán, Central Bank of Colombia, Colombia

867 Venezuelan migration shock in Colombia and its fiscal implications for the health sector at the local level

Karelys Guzmán, Central Bank of Colombia, Colombia

809 Analyzing the Experiences of Filipino Undocumented Deportees from Sabah: A Framework for Bilateral Support between the Philippines and Malaysia

Renante C. David, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines

Ramli Dollah, Universiti of Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia

652 The Latin-American contribution for a human rights-based mobility regime: Argentinean and Mexican Supreme Courts’ standards in perspective

Lila Emilse Garcia, CONICET & Leuphana Universitat, Argentina

795 Refugee Status Determination Policy and Practice: Why the “zero-boats” Australian Migration Policy Resulted in Increased Asylum Seekers?

Petra Madge Playfair, PLAYFAIR Visa and Migration Services, Australia

7D Integration and Migration 5 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Stacey Wilson-Forsberg, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

788 Responding to the Ukrainian refugee crisis in Hungary and Austria: space for social innovation?

Julianna Kiss, Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary

Henriett Primecz, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Jeannine Madeleine Ölschuster, Johannes Kepler University, Austria

650 Adaptation and Integration of Ukrainian Refugees: Problems and Challenges, Social Assistance, Plans for the Future (Germany, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom)

Liudmyla Kryvachuk, University of the National Education Commission of Cracow, Poland

470 Collective Integration Experiences of Refugee Women and their Networks

Siobhan C. McEvoy, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

Laura K. Taylor, University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland

554 Empowering Mothers from the Horn of Africa to Engage with their Children’s Schools

Stacey Wilson-Forsberg, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

Mohamed Bille Hassan, Guelph University, Canada

Oliver Masakure, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada

7E Work, Employment and Society 3 [ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Anna Benice Xavier, Deakin University, Australia

703 Challenging the stereotypical perception of emigration agents in post-unification Italy: an archival excavation into Sicilian sources

Alice Gussoni, University of Padua, Italy

2001 Empowering Refugees: Promoting Labour Market Integration through Career Clinics for Meaningful Employment

Anna Benice Xavier, Deakin University, Australia

Karen Dunwoodie, Deakin University, Australia

511 The Employment Experiences of Black Personal Support Workers in Ontario, Canada

Bharati Sethi, Trent University, Canada

Reemal Shahbaz, University of Toronto, Canada

Sarrah Williams-Habibi, Stanford University, USA

Allison Williams and Albert Larbi

697 The Relevance of Occupational Mobility for Seasonal Labour Migrants: Insights from Switzerland’s AFMP Implementation

Livia Tomás, ZHAW School of Social Work, Institute of Diversity and Social Integration & University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Kristina Schüpbach, ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Switzerland

7F Special Session: Human Rights Discourses in Migrant Societies

[ Room: KW016 ]

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Moderator: Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Philipps University Marburg, Germany

2029 Humanrightization of Migration Discourses

Susanne Buckley-Zistel, Philipps University Marburg, Germany

2030 Translating Experience into Political Resistance: Human Rights Discourse in Refugee and Migrant Struggle Against Politics of Isolation

Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Slađana Branković, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

2031 The Effects of Humanitarian Tropes on Representation of Migrants in Legacy and Digital Media

Simona Adinolfi, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

2032 How Human Rights Can Change Domestic Migration Law: The Example of Germany

Frederik von Harbou, University of Applied Sciences Jena, Germany

2033 Diasporic Consciousness in Postrevolutionary Times – On Syrian Justice Struggles in Germany

Maria Hartmann, University of Marburg, Germany

12 June 2025, Thursday

19:30 – 22:00

CONFERENCE GALA DINNER

The Old Brewery, Greenwich, The Pepys Building, The Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London SE10 9LW

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13 June 2025, Friday

09:00 – 13:00 FREE TIME

13 June 2025, Friday

13:00 – 14:30

8A Wellbeing, Health and Migration 4 [Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Alfonso Mercado, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

600 Drawing Strengths: Trauma-informed expressive arts for asylum-seeking children in a humanitarian respite center at the US-Mexico border

Alfonso Mercado, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Kim Nguyen-Finn, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Cecilia Garza, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Andy Torres, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Francisco Banda, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Erin Tovar, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Ricardo Robles, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

691 Foreign-Born Disparities in Cervical Cancer Screening: How Education and Insurance Shape Utilization

Claire Ardell Pernat, Boston University, USA

Matthew Motta, Boston University, USA

2036 A Grounded Theory Exploration of wellbeing and liveable space for Uganda-based refugee women, forcibly displaced due to conflict

Helen Harrison, University of Gloucestershire, UK

893 What About the Parents? Exploring the Impact of Immigration Family Separation on the Wellbeing and Sense of Self Among Central American Parents

Cheryl Aguilar, Smith College, USA

8B Integration and Migration 6 [ Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Harokopio University, Greece

882 Integration and civic society in Italy

Mariann Dömös,University of Pécs, Hungary

500 The Relationship Between Attitudes Toward Immigrants, Ethnic Identity and Bullying Perpetration Among Immigrant and Non-Immigrant Adolescents in Israel: A Multi-Level Study

Sophie D. Walsh, Bar Ilan University, Israel

Anna Gliklich, Bar Ilan University, Israel

975 Social integration of immigrants and refugees through intersectionality and advantageousness: implications from the case study of Sancaktepe neighborhood

Isil Zeynep Turkan Ipek, Yeditepe University, Türkiye

Gökçe Bayındır Goularas, Yeditepe University, Türkiye

Yunus Mecit Öztürk, Yeditepe University, Türkiye

976 ‘In/out of place’: Shedding light on ethnic hierarchies and lived experiences of racism in rural Greece

Loukia – Maria Fratsea, Harokopio University, Greece

Apostolos G. Papadopoulos, Harokopio University, Greece

8C Special Session: Migrants Navigating the Liminal: Cultural Heritage, Resilience and Representation [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Nurefsan Celenk, Ibnhaldun University, Türkiye

2027 Digital Spaces and Self-Representation: Migrant Women’s Voices in Türkiye’s Social Media

Nurefsan Celenk, Ibnhaldun University, Türkiye

2028 “Like Those Who Dance in Stairwells”: Navigating Ruptures, Liminality & Imaginaries in Exilic Filmmaking

Mariam Agha, Ibnhaldun University, Türkiye

8D Youth and Migration 2 [ Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Şeyma Ayyıldız, Boğaziçi University, Türkiye

671 New Challenges of Youth Migration from Central Asia to Russia

Liudmila Konstants, American University of Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

857 Barriers and Motivations for youth development professionals in the U.S. to engage youth with an immigrant background

Mitchell Mason, University of Maine – Orono, USA

821 Determinants of mental health and wellbeing for young migrant populations: A scoping review

Melanie Rees-Roberts, University of Kent, UK

Palmira Ramos, UK

Jade Fawkes, UK

Dunishiya De Silva, University of Kent, UK

Oluwatomi Shobande, Project public advisor – expert by experience

Francesca Gan, Project public advisor – expert by experience

Sally Kendall, University of Kent, UK

492 Spatial Functions of Multiple Temporalities: The Case of Syrian Students in Istanbul

Şeyma Ayyıldız, Boğaziçi University, Türkiye

8E Special Session: From Aspiration to Integration: Vietnamese Students’ Mobility to the Global North

[ Room: KW003 ]

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Moderator: Anh Phuong Le, Waseda University, Japan

2019 False Perceptions and Lived Experiences of Vietnamese Students in Canada

Quang Minh Huyn, Simon Fraser University, Canada

2020 “Influenced Factors and the Precarity of Vietnamese Students in Ireland

Trinh Thien Kim Nguyen, University College Dublin, Ireland

2022 From Student Migrants to Dual Nationalities: Higher Education as a Mediator for Immigration and Integration – The Case of Vietnamese in Finland

Hai Yen Nguyen, Finland

2021 From International Students to Specified Skilled Workers: Vietnamese Students’ Post-graduation Pathway to the Japanese Manual Labour Market

Anh Phuong Le, Waseda University, Japan

14:30 – 14:45: Break

13 June 2025, Friday

14:45 – 16:15

9A Wellbeing, Health and Migration 5 [Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Alfonso Mercado, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

688 Stressors of Emotional/Behavioral Problems Among Different Members in Immigrant Families in Taiwan

Hao-Jan Yang, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan

Wan-Yi Dai, Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan

2025 Analysing the influence of health and mental well-being on African migrants

Olivia Joseph-Aluko, Queen Mary’s University, UK

866 The Psychological Toll of Migration: Factors Influencing Trauma in Asylum Seekers at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Renee M. Frederick, University of Houston, USA

Ashley Bautista, University of Houston, USA

Daniel O’Connell, University of Houston, USA

Luz Garcini, Rice University, USA

Alfonso Mercado, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, USA

Cecilia Colunga Rodriguez, University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Mario Angel Gonzalez, University of Guadalajara, Mexico

Amanda Venta, University of Houston, USA

579 The Accessibility of Migrants to Utilize Equine-Assisted Therapy for Trauma Treatment Associated with PTSD

Caroline Anna Erviksaeter, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway

413 Narcissistic parenting, psychological well-being and the achievement of emerging adult tasks within the context of immigration

Katya Ben Efraim, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Sophie Walsh, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

9B Integration and Migration 7 [Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Gizem Karaköse, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

705 Asylum Seeker Presence and Community Support: Do Asylum Seeker Hotels Influence Donations to Refugee Charities?

Sophia M. Iosue, Bocconi University, Italy

799 Reconsidering Citizenship: Cultural Claims and Social Practices in the Migrant Experience

Stefano Pontiggia, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

732 Exploitation of migrant workers in a peripheral area of Italy. Methodological proposals to de-construct Italian migration policies and the Italian citizenship regime for migrants

Norma Baldino, University of Cagliari, Italy

Sabrina Perra, University of Cagliari, Italy

518 Inclusive Narratives, Exclusionary Realities: Examining Diversity, Marginality, and Social Complexity in East London

Tamlyn Monson, Coventry University, United Kingdom

Susanne Wessendorf, Coventry University, United Kingdom

9C Integración y Migración [Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Nonna Kushnirovich, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

727 The Dynamics of Tax Morale: A Comparative Study of Immigrants and Native-Born Citizens

Nonna Kushnirovich, Ruppin Academic Center, Israel

764 Migration, Conflicts, and Governance Considerations in Water-Energy-Food Systems

Konstantinos Pappas, Texas A&M University, USA

922 Border Metaphors–From Crisis to Invasion: The Securitization of the Border in Response to Irregular Migration

DeMond Shondell Miller, Rowan University, USA

Anita D. Bledsoe-Gardner, Johnson C. Smith University, USA

887 Invisible walls: A representation of everyday borders in the experience of asylum seekers through the effect of the asylum system in the UK

Sarah Elmammeri, University of Liverpool, UK

9D Integración y Migración [Room: KW002 ]

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Moderator: Karla Valenzuela, Iberoamericana University, Mexico

854 Migración de talentos del Magreb Central: Argelia en el punto de mira

Hadibi Zahir, University of Bejaia, Algeria

Musette Yasmine, CREAD, Algiers, Algeria

568 Migración de retorno a Michoacán de Estados Unidos y la construcción de un programa de coinversión social para su integración económica, comunitaria y familiar

Karina Raquel Zúñiga Delgado, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

Rodolfo García Zamora, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

16:15 – 16:30: Break

13 June 2025, Friday

16:30 – 18:00

10A Work, Employment and Society 4 [ Room: KW302 ]

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Moderator: Wenfu Zhang, University of Warwick, UK

543 Internal Migration, Employment and Remittances: A Study of Migrants from Tribal-Dominated Northeastern States in Delhi, India

Gaidimlung Kahmei Jacob, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, Ministry of Finance, Government of India

399 The Puerto Rican Diaspora’s Return Dilemma

Marielys Padua Soto, The American University in Cairo, Egypt

712 Empowering Asylum Seekers Through NGOs Volunteerism in Hong Kong

Kim, Minoh, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Liu, Bowei, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Xu, Junhao, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Zheng, Yichun, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

458 Chinese Übermensches: Mobility Capital and the Entrepreneurial Experiences of Young Privileged Chinese Migrants

Wenfu Zhang, University of Warwick, UK

10B Law, Policy and Governance 7 [ Room: KW303 ]

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Moderator: Gizem Karaköse, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

901 Contingency Accommodation, Relocation, and Integration: Understanding Asylum Seekers’ Experiences of Control, ‘Temporariness’, and Displacement

Fariba Alamgir, University of East Anglia, UK

720 The Influence of Socio-Demographic Factors and Municipal Political Contexts on Foreign Voter Registration for the 2024 Local Elections in Brussels

Gabriel Feddern Timm, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

567 Multilingual Practices and Linguistic Realities in Migration Studies

Gizem Karaköse, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

909 Lived Diversity in Germany’s Migration Landscape: Interactions Between Turkey-Origin Residents and Post-2015 ‘Muslim’ Immigrants

Melisa Çelik, University of Münster, Germany

10C Integration and Migration 8 [ Room: KW315 ]

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Moderator: Michela C. Pellicani, University of Bari, Italy

730 “People on Twitter are saying”: Digital constructions of refugees in Turkey

Emma Walker-Silverman, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

542 Security and Adaptation: The Polish Diaspora Experience in Türkiye

Gizem Karaköse, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

587 Privilege and Dichotomy: North American Immigrants’ Experiences in the Czech Republic as Counternarratives of Migration

Madeline Paradise, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

2012 Integration: Processes, Potential, and Policies at the Territorial Level

Michela C. Pellicani, University of Bari, Italy

Monica Carbonara, ISTAT, Italy

Roberto A. Palumbo, ISTAT, Italy

Massimo Iaquinta, University of Bari, Italy

10D Special session: Mexico as a destination country: a new reality? [English/Español] [ Room: KW002]

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Moderator: Karla Valenzuela, Iberoamericana University, Mexico

2004 Landscape of federal and local integration policies in Mexico

Karla Valenzuela, Iberoamericana University, Mexico

2006 Detention of Migrants and Human Rights: Perspectives Amid Presidential Transitions in Mexico and the U.S.

Ariadna Salazar Quiñones, Iberoamericana University, Mexico

2007 Los indeseables: migrantes en campamentos irregulares en la ciudad de México

Cristina Gómez Johnson, Iberoamericana University, Mexico

2008 Militarización y criminalización: la respuesta de México a las personas migrantes ante las presiones de Estados Unidos

Margarita Núñez Chaim, Iberoamericana University, Mexico

13 June 2025, Friday 18:00 – 18:30

11XA Drinks Reception: [ Lecture Theatre of the National Maritime Museum] >>> Free booking required

Followed by 18:30 – 20:30: 11XB Film Screening with Artists: [ Lecture Theatre of the National Maritime Museum] >>> Free booking required

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16 June 2025, Monday 09:00 – 10:30

12A Work, Employment and Society V1

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Moderator: Saniye Dedeoğlu, Muğla University, Türkiye

2011 Losing Out or Gaining In? A Study on the Migratory Trends and the Propensity of Return of Healthcare Professionals from Turkey to Germany

Saniye Dedeoğlu, Çisel Ekiz Gökmen, Aslı Şahankaya Adar

Muğla University, Türkiye

953 Labour Out-Migration in Odisha: Processes, Determinants and Outcomes

Budhadev Mahanta, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

785 Stay or Return: The Drivers of Mobility of East Asian Highly Skilled Immigrants in Mexico

Yu Huang, Nagoya University, Japan

570 Changes in Chinese Entrepreneurs’ Perspectives on Business in Russia at the Turn of the 20th and 21st Centuries

Olga Zalesskaia, Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University, Russian Federation

12B Identities and Migration V1

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Moderator: Lan Lo, University of Nottingham, UK

784 A Study of Russian Immigrants in Japan: Awareness and Sense of Belonging within Ethnic Communities

Khimchuk Svetlana, University of Tsukuba, Japan

673 Seeking Truth Across the Mediterranean Waves: Upholding the Rights of Families of Deceased Migrants

Charlotte Imhof, Institute of Legal Support and Technical Assistance, Laos

Jyothis Mary, Hume Institute for Postgraduate Studies, Switzerland

827 Multilingual possibilities in a Japanese high school: exploring immigrant students’ belonging through identity texts

Isabel Sáenz-Hernández, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

Sayaka Shima, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Wang Ziang, University of Tsukuba, Japan

451 Mother tongue and language learning motivation: a survey among Chinese immigrants living in Hungary

Szandra Ésik, Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary

12C Environment and Migration V1

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Moderator: Alfonso Sánchez Carrasco, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain

515 Exploring the Climate Anxiety and Migration Nexus: Evidence from Copán, Honduras

Alfonso Sánchez Carrasco, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain

Yolanda Hernández-Albújar, Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Spain

Sergio Fernández-Artamendi, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

706 To Stay Afloat: Examining the Nationality and Human Security Nexus of Climate-Induced Migrants from Sinking States

Emmanuel Chukwunweike Monyei, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

818 Shaping vulnerability in resettlement refugees integration processes

Luzia Jurt, FHNW, Switzerland

Sophie Suter, FHNW, Switzerland

966 Climate Migration and Policy Mismatch: Tensions between National and Supranational Actors

Melek Özlem Ayas, İstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi, Türkiye

12D Migration and Insecurity

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Moderator: K. Onur Unutulmaz, Ankara Social Sciences University, Türkiye

800 Impact of Experiences of War and Displacement on Collective Memory in Cyprus: Preliminary Results

Burcu Kaya Kızılöz, Shenel Husnu Raman, Aysenur Talat Zrilli, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus

986 Latin American Migration to Türkiye: Motivations, Experiences, Prospects

Elif Sena Garrido Forner, Ankara Social Sciences University, Turkiye

679 Political Dissent and Migration: The Montenegrin Experience in Communist Yugoslavia

Jelisaveta Blagojević, Historical Institute of the University of Montenegro, Montenegro

861 Migrant communities and heritage: towards a deterritorialization of culture

Elena Carletti, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy

16 June 2025, Monday

11:00 – 12:30

13A Work, Employment and Society V2

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Moderator: Ruchi Singh, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Mumbai Maharashtra, India

744 ‘Business is in the Blood’: Migrant Entrepreneurship among Bangladeshi Men in England

Shirley Andrea Velasquez-Hoque, Oxford Brookes University, England

716 Employability narratives in digital storytelling: do overqualified Brazilian and Venezuelan immigrants in Portugal tell the same story?

Paulo Sousa Nascimento, University of Madeira, Portugal

Magda Sofia Roberto, University of Lisbon, Portugal

2041 The Migration of Software Developers in The Context of the Hegemonic Influence of Relational Networks: A Mixed-Methods Study

Şevket Burak Işık, Anadolu University, Türkiye

Fuat Güllüpınar, Anadolu University, Türkiye

846 Employment of the Ukrainian Refugees in Latvia

Gunta Pastore, University of Latvia, Latvia

13B Identities and Migration V2

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Moderator: Mehmet Gökay Özerim, Yasar University, Türkiye

407 From ‘creative class’ to ‘creative migrants’: narratives of Turkish academics and artists navigating precarious employment, identities, and social positionings in the Nordics

Nilay Kilinc, University of Helsinki, Finland

777 Beyond victimhood: The role of children’s agency in shaping their educational outcomes in Romanian transnational families

Georgiana Udrea, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania

Oana-Gabriela Niculescu, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania

906 Online Anti-Immigration Sentiments: Emotional Drivers and Manipulative Strategies

Mehmet Gökay Özerim, Yasar University, Türkiye

594 Security, Old Age and Irregular/Illegal Migration at Croatia’s Eastern Borders

Sandra Cvikić, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Regioinal Center Vukovar, Croatia

Dražen Živić, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Zagreb, Croatia

13C Law, Policy and Governance V1

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Moderator: Stefani Stojchevska, South East European University, Macedonia

823 The Role of the Hick-Hyman Law on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Systems in Extraterrestrial Migration: Contemporary Perspectives and Challenges

Stefani Stojchevska, South East European University, Macedonia

642 The Right to Work of Foreign Nationals as a Starting Point for Proper Legal Integration

Aitana Torró Calabuig, Universidad de Valencia, Spain

592 Marginalization as Resistance: Indonesian Migrant Domestic Workers and Grassroots Solidarity in Hong Kong’s Governance Landscape

Yiqiu Huang, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

932 Examining the Role of Dublin Regulations in the Securitization of EU Migration Policies and the Influence of the Far-Right

Zeynep Naz Oral, University of Genoa, Italy

13D Remittances and Development V1

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786 Impact of Remittances on Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Gulf Migrants Family: A Study on Dalit Women Domestic Workers from Andhra Pradesh to Gulf Countries

Mekala Sagar, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India

Sreenivasulu, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India

872 Climate Change, Macroeconomic Sensitivity and the Response of Remittances to Morocco: An Econometric Analysis

Hajar Boudri, Mohammed V Rabat University, Morocco

Boutaina Ismaili Idrissi, Mohammed V Rabat University, Morocco

684 Effect of Remittances on Poverty in the Western Balkan Countries

Nevila Mehmetaj, University of Shkodra, Albania

858 The Impact of Official Development Aid and Remittances on Economic Growth: A Systematic Review by Prisma Method

Boutaina Ismaili Idrissi, University Mohammed V Rabat, Morocco

Ghita Zemmouri, University Mohammed V Rabat, Morocco

16 June 2025, Monday

13:30 – 15:00

14A Education and Skilled Migration V1

Moderator: Mohammed Abdullahi, Coventry University, United Kingdom

766 Algorithmic Precarity: How AI Systems and PGWP Reform Reshape Canada’s Educational Migration Pathways

Andrea Lachmansingh, York University, Canada

Sanjana Rahman, York University, Canada

Aron Roman, York University, Canada

551 Forced migration and getting cohesion of Syrian children

Vildan Mahmutoğlu, Galatasaray Üniversitesi, Türkiye

714 Bridging Policy and Practice: Inclusion of Refugee and Asylum-Seeking Children in Latvian Schools

Zane Melke, University of Latvia, Latvia

925 The Dual Impacts of International Medical Migration: Nigerian Doctors in the UK and the Consequences for Nigeria’s Healthcare System

Mohammed Abdullahi, Coventry University, United Kingdom

14B Türkiye ve Göç V1

Moderator: Zeynep Banu Dalaman, Bahçeşehir University, Türkiye

983 Suriyeli Kadınların Barış Sürecine Yönelik Algıları ve Geri Dönüş Beklentileri: Nitel Bir Araştırma

Zeynep Banu Dalaman, Bahçeşehir University, Türkiye

974 Anarşalı Selanik Göçmenlerinin Kültürel Bellek Bağlamında Mübadil Kimliklerinin Oluşumu

Cansu Bitirim Kacar, Istanbul University, Türkiye

982 Göç, Aidiyet ve Kimlik: Türkiye’den İtalya’ya Göç Eden Ailelerin Çocuklarının Anavatan Kavramına Bakışı

Gül Ince-Beqo, Milan Üniversitesi, Italya

14C Insecurity and Migration

Moderator: Ruth Elizabeth Prado Pérez, ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico

761 Bureaucratic Violence against Migrants and Refugees in Mexico

Ruth Elizabeth Prado Pérez, ITESO, Jesuit University of Guadalajara, Mexico

569 Psychocultural Marginality and the Impact on Scottish Emigrants

Janet Elizabeth Fetzer, Regent University, Virginia, USA

Kara Woodley, University of Wisconsin-Superior, USA

908 Social movements in Ecuador and LGBTQI+ Venezuelan migration

Juan Carlos Valarezo Sánchez, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador

676 The Rise of New Authoritarianism, Neoliberal Economics, and Mass Migration

Anas Karzai, Laurentian University, Canada

14D Theory, Data and Methods V1

Moderator: Clemente Quinones-Reyes, Georgia Gwinnett College, USA

659 Impact of Aspirations and Capabilities to Migrate on Central American Migration to the USA

Clemente Quinones-Reyes, Georgia Gwinnett College, USA

753 Refugee research ethics: moving from participation to mattering

Maria Psoinos, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK

819 Intersectionality and Climate Migration: Understanding Vulnerabilities and Social Justice

Betul Dilara Seker, Yuzuncu Yil University, Türkiye

978 Nigeria and Contemporary Issues of international Migration: A Critical Examination of Lee’s Push-Pull Theory

Mafos Steve, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia, Russian Federation

16 June 2025, Monday

15:30 – 17:00

15A Work, Employment and Society V3

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Moderator: Oshin Pandey, Hampshire College, USA

951 Migration flows and foreign direct investment: An Econometric Analysis

Oumaima Bouarfa, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Morocco

Mohammed ABDELLAOUI, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Morocco

Hind Chamchoune, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Morocco

Hajar El Bouch, University Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah, Morocco

767 Comparative Pathways of Transnational Labor Migration: Intermediaries and Political Economy in Nepal and Pakistan

Oshin Pandey, Hampshire College, USA

763 Co-Production of Migrant Precarity by Sending and Receiving States: Bangladeshi Workers in the Gulf Region

Sanjana P. Rahman, York University, Canada

15B Special Session: Research and Policy at the Intersection of Migration Flows in Central America

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Moderator: Tom Hare, University of Notre Dame, USA

2014 Research and Policy at the Intersection of Migration Flows in Central America: Where Do We Go from Here?

Tom Hare, University of Notre Dame, USA

2015 What Central American Youth’s Future Ideation Tells Us about Their Migration Intentions

María Estela Rivero Fuentes, University of Notre Dame, USA

2016 Measuring perceptions of hope and migration intentions in El Salvador: Lessons from the Hope Index

Margarita Beneke de Sanfeliu, Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social, El Salvador

2017 International migration in Central America and the Dominican Republic: flows, dynamics and public policy responses

Alberto Mora Román, Estado de la Región, Costa Rica

2018 Governance of migration cycles in Mexico and Central America: Comparative analysis of institutional designs for the management of migration policies

Eduardo Nuñez, National Democratic Institute, Guatemala

15C Identities and Migration V3

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Moderator: Suzy Ismail, Cornerstone Marriage & Family Intervention, USA

695 Unprocedural Removal of Protection Seekers, Legal Barriers and Changing Paradigm in Involuntary Migration: UK and US

Carol Ijeoma Njoku, University of San Francisco, USA

514 A Migration Model on Migrants with Undetermined Destination: The Journey of Chinese Diasporas in South America

Sing Ip Daniel Lai, McMaster Divinity College, Canada

771 Collectivism and Uncertainty Avoidance in Narrative Oral Histories of Resettled Syrian Refugees

Suzy Ismail, Cornerstone Marriage & Family Intervention, USA

599 Cosmologies of destination for tracing the roots and routes of young migrants

Irasema Mora-Pablo, University of Guanajuato, Mexico

15D Retos de la migración siglo XXI – V1

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Moderator: Pascual García Macías, UTPL, Ecuador

747 Dimensiones del Bienestar en la Migración en Tránsito: Un Estudio Etnográfico de Migrantes Centroamericanos en Zacatecas, México

Pascual Gerardo García Zamora, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

Aguilar Delgado Sayra Alejandra, México

Ruiz de Chávez Rámirez Dellanira, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

Herrera Maartínez Juan Lamberto, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

848 La frontera humanitaria de Tumbes (Perú): políticas migratorias y respuestas locales en el contexto del desplazamiento masivo y forzado venezolano (2018-2023)

Valentina Cappelletti, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Perú

Valeria Aron Said, Georgetown University, USA

770 Vivir en las sombras: la migración latinoamericana en la Costa Sur del Golfo en los Estados Unidos

Nayeli Burgueño Angulo, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México

José Salvador Cueto Calderón, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa, México

16 June 2025, Monday

17:30 – 19:00

16A Education and Skilled Migration V2

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Moderator: Lan Lo, University of Nottingham, UK

641 Bridging the Gap to Enhance Integration: Recognition of Low- and Medium-Skilled Migrant Workers’ Qualifications

Aitana Torró Calabuig, Universidad de Valencia, Spain

666 Trans-Saharan Pathways and Transit Experiences among Sub-Saharan Migrants: A qualitative systematic review

Mawutor Fleku, University of Ghana, Ghana

Sarah Kwakye, University of Ghana, Ghana

807 Belonging Through Place: Student Migrants’ Urban Narratives in Ankara

Oluwaseyi Igbekele Adeleye, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Osman Balaban, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

812 Migrant caregivers and the experiences of the people around them in the nursing care workplace in Okayama, Japan: the voices from the migrant caregiver trainers

Etsuko Sakairi, Hashimoto Foundation Societas Research Institute, Japan

16B Communication, Media, Culture and Migration

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Moderator: Patricia Posch, Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), Portugal

890 Migrant Activism and Digital Black Feminism in Portugal’s Media Landscape: The Case of Afrolis

Patricia Posch, Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), Portugal

740 This is why we stay: culture, identity and migration for the urban Zoques in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, and the Raramuri in Ciudad Juarez, Chih

Andres F. Hijar, Georgia Gwinnett College, USA

2024 Virtual bonds across borders. Stay-behind children’s perspectives on digital communication and transnational family relationships

Georgiana Udrea, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania

Gabriela Guiu, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Romania

987 Contrasting Ways of Representing Syrians in Türkiye: Mainstream vs. New Media Divide

Onur Unutulmaz, Ankara Social Sciences University, Türkiye

677 The Manufacture of Fear and the Politics of Cultural Fascism

Anas Karzai, Laurentian University, Canada

16C Retos de la migración siglo XXI – V2

Moderator: Pascual García Macías, UTPL, Ecuador

935 Desafíos socioeconómicos de la emigración italiana a México: una perspectiva histórica

Sara D’Anna Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

757 Narrativas sobre masculinidad y vulnerabilidad en la experiencia de varones migrantes

Diana Tamara Martínez Ruíz, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Alejandra Ceja Fernandez, ENES Morelia, UNAM, México

Francisco Hernández Galván, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, México

Alejandra Ceja Fernandez, ENES Morelia, UNAM, México

Francisco Hernández Galván, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla

972 Migración italiana a México: Una perspectiva histórica

Sara D’Anna, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain

778 La migración indocumentada de niñas, niños y adolescentes sin acompañamiento en tránsito por México: retos y desafíos para la política migratoria Mexicana

Laura Natalia Rodríguez Ariano, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, México

16D Climate Migration: The Next Era of Immigration

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Moderator: Erin Lopez, Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), USA

979 Climate Migration: The Next Era of Immigration

Netta Avineri, PhD, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA

Vladimir Carrasco, CHIRLA, USA

Kevin Heller, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA

Erin Lawrence, The Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, USA

Erin Lopez, CHIRLA, USA

Paulina Moreno, Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc., USA

980 CHIRLA Wildfire Relief 2025: Examining the Impact of the Palisades and Eaton Wildfires on Los Angeles’ Immigrant Community

Erin Lopez, CHIRLA, USA

Tanairy Guzman Reyes, CHIRLA, USA

981 Understanding Reasons for Migration: Tapachula Field Survey

Erin Lopez, CHIRLA, USA

17 June 2025, Tuesday

09:00 – 10:30

17A Law, Policy and Governance V2

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Moderator: Edina Lilla Meszaros, University of Oradea, Romania

459 Refugees in neutral Portugal during the Second World War: hospitality and intransigence

Carolina Henriques Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

728 Has Romania the potential of becoming a country of destination for third-country nationals?

Edina Lilla Meszaros, University of Oradea, Romania

593 Migration Processes in the Russian Far East: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Evgenii Gamerman, Institute for Comprehensive Analysis of Regional Problems of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

17B Space, Place and Migration V1

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Moderator: Alin Croitoru, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

840 Exploring Trends and Processes of Indian Labour Migration to Gulf Countries: A Case Study of Murshidabad District

Abbasuddin Sk, North-Eastern Hill University, India

Subrata Purkayastha, North-Eastern Hill University, India

525 Liquid Spatiotemporality: From Nomadic to Sedentary to Nomadic

Bilal Salaam, İstanbul Ticaret University/İbn Haldun University, Türkiye

637 Refugee return from neighboring host countries in the developing world

Md. Matiul Hoque Masud, Bangladesh

558 Exploring Romanians’ Emigration Intentions Amid Recent Overlapping Crises

Alin Croitoru, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania

17C Integration and Migration V1

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Moderator: Sadaf Mahmood, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

786 Impact of Remittances on Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Gulf Migrants Family: A Study on Dalit Women Domestic Workers from Andhra Pradesh to Gulf Countries

Mekala Sagar, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India

Sreenivasulu, Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad, India

729 Multi-Generational Economic Assimilation: A Dynamic Convergence Analysis of Native and Immigrant Earnings in the UK, 2001-2023

Rukhsana Kausar, University of Westminster, UK

Issam Malki, University of Westminster, UK

665 Academic Integration Challenges and Psychological Well-being of International Students: A Study in China

Rabia Mahmood, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Freda Yangrong Wang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Sadaf Mahmood, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Waqas Ahmad, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Rao Muhammad Faisal Suleman, Pakistan

984 Climate Change, Working Conditions, and Labor Migration: A Case Study of Pakistan

Sadaf Mahmood, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

Rabia Mahmood, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Uzma Niaz, Emerson University, Multan, Pakistan

Unsa Mahmood, Emerson University, Multan, Pakistan

17D Türkiye ve Göç V2

Moderator: Hatice Yaprak Civelek, Anadolu University, Türkiye

578 Mendilim Benek Benek, Ortası Çarkıfelek: 1989 Yılında Bulgaristan’dan Anadolu Bozkırına Gelen Küçük Kadınlarda Zorunlu Göçün Hafızası

Hatice Yaprak Civelek, Anadolu University, Türkiye

Gökhan Deniz Dinçer, Anadolu University, Türkiye

Kazım Demirer, Anadolu University, Türkiye

2042 İranlı Mülteci Kadınların Kimlik Arama Sürecinde Din Değiştirmeleri: Eskişehir’de Bir Saha Araştırması

Rayehe Mozafarian, Anadolu University, Türkiye

Fuat Güllüpınar, Anadolu University, Türkiye

2040 Akışkan Sınırların Güvenliğini Sağlama: Türkiye-İran Sınırında Göç Yönetimindeki Zorluklar ve Fırsatlar

Güven Şeker, Carleton University, Canada

17 June 2025, Tuesday

11:00 – 12:30

18A Space, Place and Migration V2

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Moderator: Ruchi Singh, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Mumbai Maharashtra, India

2038 From Coastal Erosion to Urban Struggles: The Impact of Climate Change on Migration

Ruchi Singh, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Mumbai Maharashtra, India

Sambit Tripathy, Tata Institute of Social Sciences. Mumbai Maharashtra, India

829 From Residents to ‘New Citizens’: Aspirations, Identities and Decision-Making of Internal Migrants in China

Shiyang Chen, University of Liverpool, UK/China

547 Religious refugees in the 21th century – The cases of Afghanistan and Syria

Alexia Kapsampeli, LSBF, Kapodistrian University, Greece

553 Physical and Social Reflections of Migration on the City of Istanbul

Ayşe Nilay Evcil, İstanbul Beykent University, Türkiye

Şen Yüksel, İstanbul Beykent University, Türkiye

18B Gender and Migration V2

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Moderator: Loshana Sivanarul, University College London, UK

963 Addressing the High Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Among South Asian Immigrant Women in Canada: Causes, Consequences, and Potential Interventions

Loshana Sivanarul, UCL, UK

415 Femintegra – The labour trajectories of Romanian immigrant women in Barcelona, Valencia and Castellon

Ioana-Felicia Marin, University of Valencia, Spain

504 Socio-political conflicts and migration routes of Rwandan women in Cameroon

Signe Made Carelle Michèle, University of Yaoundé 1, Cameroon

583 An Intersectional Approach to the Study of the Integration of Sub-Saharan Migrant Women in Souss Massa

Siham Soulaimi, Ibn Zohr University, Morocco

18C Retos de la migración siglo XXI – V2

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Moderator: Pascual García Macías, UTPL, Ecuador

656 El Chat Ia Para Ayuda Migratoria en México

Francisco José D´Angelo Ohep, México

2023 El Régimen de Deportación Fronterizo y la (Im)posibilidad de sus Fugas

María José Morales Vargas, Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, México

612 El éxodo migratorio ecuatoriano en el primer cuarto del siglo XXI

Pascual García Macías, UTPL, Ecuador

Ruben García Zamora, Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, México

17 June 2025, Tuesday

13:30 – 15:00

19A Identity and Wellbeing

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Moderator: Fatemeh Bakhshalizadeh, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

447 “I’m Now Like a Single Mother”: Navigating Gendered Identity as a Dependent Spouse in the U.S.

Anastasia Ngozi Iwuagwu, University of South Florida, USA

479 Navigating family separation during displacement: experiences of refugee men in the UK

Dafni Katsampa, University of Hertfordshire, UK

873 Beyond Homogeneity: Understanding South Asian Cultural Diversity in the Canadian Context

Monisha Poojary, York University, Canada

541 Resilience and Professional Identity among F-2 Visa Spouses in the United States: Coping with Career Constraints under Immigration Policies

Fatemeh Bakhshalizadeh, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA

19B Integration and Migration V2

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Moderator: Rashin Lamouchi, University of Victoria, Canada

550 Sense of belonging as ‘being at home’: Narratives of forced migrant youth in Southeast Asia

Rashin Lamouchi, University of Victoria, Canada

Leah Brathwaite, University of Toronto, Canada

820 Acculturation of Unaccompanied Children in Turkey: Challenges and Policy Implications

Betul Dilara Seker, Yuzuncu Yil University, Türkiye

401 Inherited welcoming practices? How previous migratory experiences shape newcomers’ reception in rural Spain

Leticia Santaballa Santos, Societies in Motion Research Team (ESOMI) – Universidade da Coruña & CISPAC, Spain

Laura Oso Casas, Societies in Motion Research Team (ESOMI) – Universidade da Coruña & CISPAC, Spain

457 Home Literacy Environment of Rural-Urban Migrant Children with Different Length of Residence: Characteristics and the Association with SES and Parental Expectation

Yuchen Song, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University, China

19C Migración e identidad

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Moderator: Luz Elena Arozqueta, Universidad Iberoamericana, México

880 Solastalgia y migración. Reflexiones ante la pérdida y el desarraigo

Luz Elena Arozqueta, Universidad Iberoamericana, México

540 Migración e identidad : del odio a la integración en Trayectoria de la bala de Luis Araújo

OUADI-CHOUCHANE Ibtissam, Strasbourg University, France

533 Racismo e inmigración: dos realidades entrelazadas

Isabel Garrido Gómez, Universidad de Alcalá, España

561 Desafíos en la salud de los migrantes mexicanos en situación irregular en los Ángeles, California.

Nubia Alejandrina García Bárcenas, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

Pascual García Macías, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

Dellanira Ruiz de Chávez Ramírez, Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, México

19D Law, Policy and Governance V3

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Moderator: Lauren Herckis, CGFNS International, Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University, USA

653 Recent trends in transnational nurse migration: A regulatory perspective

Lauren Herckis, CGFNS International, Inc. and Carnegie Mellon University, USA

638 Bridging Fragmentation in the Regulation of Economic Migration

Christian Benedikt Offermanns, University of Sydney and Thammasat University, Germany

2010 Governing the Migration of Turkish Health Professionals: Pushing Forward or Pulling Back?

Saniye Dedeoğlu, Muğla University, Türkiye

Aslı Şahankaya Adar, Muğla University, Türkiye

Çisel Ekiz Gökmen, Muğla University, Türkiye

903 The Political Economy of Haitian Migration (2010–2025): U.S Foreign Policy, Governance, Corruption, and Instability

Emmanuela Douyon, Columbia University, USA

VIRTUAL SESSIONS

11 June 2025, Wednesday

11 June 2025, Wednesday

09:30 – 10:00

Opening Session [ KW303 – King William Building, 3rd Floor ]

10:00-11:15

Distinguished Keynote – Plenary Discussion Session

11 June 2025, Wednesday

11:30 – 13:00

1A Arts, Literature, Media 1 [ Room: KW302]

1B Education and Skilled Migration 1 [ Room: KW303]

1C Identity and Migration 1 [ Room: KW315]

1D Families and Households 1 [ Room: KW002 ]

1E Integration and Migration 1 [ Room: KW003 ]

1F Migration and Development 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

11 June 2025, Wednesday

14:00 – 15:30

2A Arts, Literature, Media 2 [ Room: KW302 ]

2B Education and Skilled Migration 2 [ Room: KW303 ]

2C Gender and Migration 1 [ Room: KW315 ]

2D Integration and Migration 2 [ Room: KW002 ]

2E Law, Policy and Governance 1 [ Room: KW003 ]

2F Work, Employment and Society 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

11 June 2025, Wednesday

15:45 – 17:15

3A Environment and Migration 2 [ Room: KW302 ]

3B Education and Skilled Migration 3 [ Room: KW303 ]

3C Türkiye’de Göç 1 [Turkish] [ Room: KW315 ]

3D Law, Policy and Governance 2 [ Room: KW002 ]

3E Environment and Migration 1 [ Room: KW003 ]

3F Wellbeing, Health and Migration 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

12 June 2025, Thursday

09:00 – 10:30

4A Roundtable: Food Security among Afghan Refugees

[ Room: KW303 ]

4B Law, Policy and Governance 3 [ Room: KW302 ]

4C Gender and Migration 3 [ Room: KW315 ]

4D Space, Place and Migration 1 [ Room: KW002 ]

4E Work, Employment and Society 2 [ Room: KW003 ]

4F Theory, Data and Methods 1 [ Room: KW016 ]

12 June 2025, Thursday

10:45 – 12:15

5A Theory, Data and Methods 2 [ Room: KW302 ]

5B Arts, Literature, Media 3 [ Room: KW303 ]

5C Business, Economics, Development 1 [ Room: KW315 ]

5D Law, Policy and Governance 4 [ Room: KW002 ]

5E Integration and Migration 3 [ Room: KW003 ]

5F Space, Place and Migration 2 [ Room: KW016 ]

12 June 2025, Thursday

13:15 – 14:45

Plenary Discussion Session:

“Migration Policy Challenges in the New Era of Uncertainty”

12 June 2025, Thursday

15:00 – 16:30

6A Theory and Methods 3 [ Room: KW302 ]

6B Law, Policy and Governance 5 [ Room: KW303 ]

6C Wellbeing, Health and Migration 2 [ Room: KW315 ]

6D Integration and Migration 4 [ Room: KW002 ]

6E Gender and Migration 2 [ Room: KW003 ]

6F Sponsor Workshop: Immigration Pathways to Canada

[ Room: KW016 ]

12 June 2025, Thursday

16:30 – 18:00

7X National Maritime Museum – Migration Related Object Tour

12 June 2025, Thursday

16:45 – 18:15

7A Youth Migration 1 [ Room: KW302 ]

7B Wellbeing, Health and Migration 3 [ Room: KW303 ]

7C Law, Policy and Governance 6 [ Room: KW315 ]

7E Work, Employment and Society 3 [ Room: KW003 ]

7F Special Session: Human Rights Discourses in Migrant Societies

12 June 2025, Thursday

19:30 – 22:00

CONFERENCE GALA DINNER

13 June 2025, Friday

09:00 – 13:00 FREE TIME

13 June 2025, Friday

13:00 – 14:30

8A Wellbeing, Health and Migration 4 [Room: KW302 ]

8B Integration and Migration 6 [ Room: KW303 ]

11 June 2025 , Wednesday

Opening Session [ KW303 – King William Building, 3^rd Floor ]