ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in this book. The book focuses on a multidisciplinary approach, mostly in sociology and economy, but also in geography, political science and history. It further focuses on the logics of migration movements in the region, the perverse effects of dissuasion policies of border controls and the various forms of transnational networks which are spread between countries of departure and arrival. The unity of the Mediterranean has been debated as a frame of thought and of research by several observers. Migration in the Mediterranean is a very acute debate, due to the present refugee crisis, the consequences of Arab revolutions, its proximity with emigration and transit countries, but also the involvement of Southern European countries in the arrival of newcomers. The originality of the approach also lies in some of its 'Italian' point of view, with an interesting analysis of former Italian female and illegal migration to Africa in the past.
