Non-Western Migration Regimes in a Global Perspective - MARS

根据最新的《世界移民报告》，2020年国际移民的前20个目的地中有12个国家不属于北美、西欧和澳大利亚等传统（西方）移民接收国。然而，尽管非西方移民地区的移民进程不断增长，主流文献仍然主要集中在研究传统西方自由民主国家背景下的移民经历和移民政策。因此，世界其他地方的主要非西方移民目的地仍然没有得到现有理论和移民研究中的比较研究的充分代表。MARS的总体目标是增加我们对全球、区域和国家移民和流动治理的科学理解，从而为全球和国家努力促进安全，正常和有序的移徙：将通过开展关于非西方移徙制度的研究和工作人员交流方案来实现这一目标。具体而言，MARS是围绕三个相互关联的目标构建的，即：1）收集关于移民治理过程与移民在非西方移民地点的经历之间相互作用的原始经验数据; 2）参与并将我们的研究置于移民研究的相关理论和比较辩论中，从而推动对当代移民制度的学术讨论（比较移徙研究），制定新的概念和方法，以了解非西方地区的移徙进程; 3）将研究成果转化为政策相关的方式，包括演讲和政策文件，为国际组织，发展机构，欧盟内外的决策者和从业人员就改善移民治理做法的可能途径进行了讨论。

According to the latest World Migration Report, 12 of the 20 top destinations for international migrants in 2020 were countries notbelonging to what are considered traditional (Western) migrant-receiving countries in North America, Western Europe, and Australia.Yet, despite these ever-growing migratory processes in non-Western migration locales, the mainstream literature remains largelyfocused on the study of migrants' experiences and immigration policies in the context of traditional Western liberal democracies. As aresult, major non-Western migration destinations elsewhere in the world remain underrepresented by existing theories andcomparative research within migration studies.The overarching objective of the MARS is to increase our scientific understanding about global, regional and national governance ofmigration and mobilities and thereby to contribute to the global and national efforts to facilitate safe, regular and orderly migration.This aim will be accomplished by conducting research and a staff exchange programme on non-Western migration regimes. Morespecifically, MARS is constructed around three interlinked goals, which are to 1) collect original empirical data on the interplaybetween migration governance processes and migrants' experiences in non-Western migration locales; 2) engage with and situateour research in relevant theoretical and comparative debates within migration studies and thereby advance scholarly discussion oncontemporary migration regimes (comparative migration studies) by developing new conceptual and methodological approaches tounderstanding migratory processes in non-Western locales; and 3) translate research findings into policy-relevant ways, includingpresentations and policy papers to provide strategic intelligence and policy insights for international organisations, developmentagencies, decision-makers, and practitioners inside and outside the EU on possible ways to improve migration governance practices.