International migration and trends in its regulation

Abstract

In this article, we seek to discern the global trends in policies and legal regimes appli­cable to international migration. We identify four funda­mental trends: the duality of regimes, which insist on a sharp distinction between refugees and other migrants;
the fragmentation of regimes applicable to foreigners under a multi­plicity of statutes that are difficult to navigate; the externalization of migra­tion controls; and the fight against some (very numerically signi­ficant) migratory movements, often resorting to criminalization for this purpose.