Author: Melissa Siegel

Melissa Siegel is Head of Migration Studies at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance and UNU-MERIT.

Why We Need Research on Migrant Transnationalism Today

Milada Vigerova via UnsplashThe amount of remittances sent by migrants to countries of origin continues to increase and equals more than three times the annual volumes of global development assistance (ODA). Migrants’ cross-border ties include visits, political engagement, business investments, and more. With more than 272 million international migrants – one in every thirty people… Read more »

Finding Connections: The Nexus between Migration and Corruption

International migration and corruption have several things in common: they play key roles in development processes, feature prominently on policy agendas, and are the subject of large research literatures. However, the connections between migration and corruption, whether in the country of origin or along migration trajectories, remain relatively unexplored. The migration-corruption nexus has important implications… Read more »