ABSTRACT
The author deals with the relationship between migration and borders. First, he briefly describes the history of this relationship and defines the political linkages, particularly the evolving of the state and its efforts to protect its borders and to regulate immigration. Second, he illustrates current trends in international migration and immigration policies, and then moves on to the current challenges of migration in relation to state borders, particularly transnational migration and circular mobility. In doing so, he also highlights numerous and diverse connections between transnational migration, circular mobility, and tourism. Last, he hones in on future perspectives on migration, borders, and global governance. He reinforces the idea that good solutions to migration and border challenges should be based on global and transnational approaches—which have already been developed in rudimentary form in international institutions and organizations like the UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration, and the Global Forum on Migration and Development—instead of on national approaches.
