This paper examines the problem of current immigration considered from an anthropological-historical perspective. It first considers the issues of definition and proposes a typology of various models of human migration. It subsequently re-examines a few of these realities sometimes abused by politicians or the media, such as a confusion between migrants, refugees and illegal immigrants, the underestimation of migration between poor countries, or the fantasy of a threat by the foreigner. Finally, it examines migration policy, characterized by a gap between the speeches and practice, the reproduction of the relations of domination and bargaining between countries of origin and destination and their deleterious effects on migration candidates. In conclusion, it raises the question of a needed discussion regarding the conditions for freedom of individual movement. © 2015, John Libbey Eurotext. All rights reserved.

Migration Politics Anthropology International relations definition Social representation migrant work

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