Blar i Institutt for sosialt arbeid på forfatter "Jakobsen, Jo"
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Conceptualising Syrian war migrations: displacements, migrants’ rights and the major reception regimes
Valenta, Marko; Jakobsen, Jo (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article focuses on the migration of people from Syria after the outbreak of the civil war. The ambition of the article is to develop and nuance the typology of migrations of Syrians and relate the categories of ... -
European Asylum Policies and the Stranded Asylum Seekers in Southeastern Europe
Valenta, Marko; Lønning, Moa Nyamwathi; Jakobsen, Jo; Zuparic, Drago (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article focuses on the restrictive European asylum policies and on their humanitarian consequences in Southeastern Europe. We discuss two interrelated topics: (i) the dynamic of the migration of asylum seekers to ... -
Labour Migrations to Resource-rich Countries: Comparative Perspectives on Migrants’ Rights in Canada, Norway and the United Arab Emirates
Valenta, Marko; Strabac, Zan; Jakobsen, Jo; Reitz, Jeffrey; Mouawiya, Al Awad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article compares migrants’ rights and labour-migration policies of three resource-rich receiving countries located in the Persian Gulf, North America and Europe, respectively. The wealthy economies of Canada, Norway ... -
Mixed Migrations to the Gulf: An Empirical Analysis of Migrations from Unstable and Refugee-producing Countries to the GCC, 1960–2015
Valenta, Marko; Jakobsen, Jo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The wealthy, oil-rich Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are among the largest destinations for temporary labour migrants in the world. However, these states have not signed the 1951 Refugee Convention and an asylum ... -
Nexus of armed conflicts and migrations to the Gulf: migrations to the GCC from war-torn source countries in Asia, Africa and the Arab neighbourhood
Valenta, Marko; Jakobsen, Jo (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This article provides an analysis of migrations from war-torn countries to the Persian (Arabian) Gulf. A growing number of studies focus on labour migrations to the oil-rich countries in the Gulf; yet, migrations from ... -
Syrian Refugee Migration, Transitions in Migrant Statuses and Future Scenarios of Syrian Mobility
Valenta, Marko; Jakobsen, Jo; Zuparic, Drago; Halilovich, Hariz (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article analyses the international migrations and statuses of people who left Syria after the outbreak of the civil war. In addition to exploring the dynamics of Syrian refugee migrations since 2011, we also discuss ... -
Temporary Labour-Migration System and Long-term Residence Strategies in the United Arab Emirates
Valenta, Marko; Kaley, Knowlton; Jakobsen, Jo; Al Awad, Mouawiya; Strabac, Zan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The United Arab Emirates’ migration system, the sponsorship–based kafala system, is defined as a temporary labour–migration regime. Although there are policies making permanent residence unattainable for virtually all ...