Trends in African Migration to Europe: Drivers Beyond Economic Motivations

Comparative Report: African Migration Trends

The following paper draws inspiration from the four national state‐of‐the‐art papers, prepared as part of the ongoing research programme ‘African Perspectives on Human Mobility’. This programme aims to explore alternative conceptions of human mobility based on empirical research in Nigeria, Ghana, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The three year programme, co‐ordinated by the Intern...

Migration from Latin America to Europe: Trends and Policy Challenges

Drugs and Crime Trends in Europe and Beyond

Chapter 1: Migration in African-American Economic History

In the early twentieth century, American cities were home to immigrants from around the world; 23 percent of the urban population in the United States in 1910 was born abroad. Immigrants were attracted to the industrial centers of the Northeast and Midwest, cities like Chicago, Pittsburgh and Detroit, which offered plentiful jobs in rail yards, steel works and automobile manufacturing. Despite ...

Fatigue and beyond: patterns of and motivations for illicit drug use among long-haul truck drivers.

OBJECTIVES The present study aimed to investigate the illicit drug use patterns of long-distance truck drivers. This population is considered to be a special interest group in terms of drug-driving research and policy due to high rates of use, involvement of drugs in truck accidents, and the link between drug use and work-related fatigue. METHODS Qualitative interview data were collected from...