International migration studies constitute one of the most interesting mirrors of the globalization process. Much research carried out in this field highlights the diversity of the social structures elaborated in the context of migration processes that become more and more complex. Even if this is not really a new phenomenon, the scale and volume of the migration flows are changing the social fabric of both the homelands and the host countries. In reference to the case of Israel, this article studies this new social phenomenon characterized by a combination of social factors based on internal dynamics and dynamics that originate from the process of globalization and are defined by the issue "global vs. local". The figure of the new migrant that has emerged in these last years in Israel is the main object of the essay and offers the opportunity of a better understanding of the forms of "sedentarization" and settlement that the "all mobility" approach tend to hide.

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international migration mobility Eurasia Israel social structure human settlement globalization Middle East Asia