ABSTRACTThe study aimed to spatially analyse returnee support sources, stigmatisation and reintegration in Nigeria. Data were collected between March 2022 and May 2023 using a mixed‐method approach, including surveys with 444 returnees from two towns in each of Nigeria's six geopolitical zones as well as in‐depth interviews with 18 returnees and 13 stakeholders. Findings show that about two‐thirds planned to re‐migrate, primarily due to stigma. Discrimination and negative stereotypes hinder reintegration, while support from family and friends helps reduce stigmatisation. Regional disparities reveal the North‐West and South‐South have the most effective AVR implementation, while the South‐West faces greater challenges. The South‐East reports the highest stigmatisation level, followed distantly by the South‐West, while the North‐Central and South‐West have the lowest reintegration rates. The study recommends targeted, culturally sensitive policies to reduce stigma and promote acceptance, stressing the need for long‐term integration strategies in host countries over continued investment in ineffective Assisted Voluntary Return (AVR) programmes.

ABSTRACTThe understanding of sexual orientation as the basis for a Particular Social Group under the Refugee Convention is a contentious issue. Conventional thought suggests that sexual orientation (SO) claimants often face unfavourable treatment by asylum decision makers. Although much extant knowledge derives from in‐depth qualitative and doctrinal studies, only a few jurisdictions (e.g., Canada, the UK) have been analysed using large‐scale data or experimental methods. To complement this work, this article analyses a representative sample of SO asylum decisions from Sweden, aiming to elucidate the factors influencing refugee status determination outcomes. The findings reveal that emotional responses narrated in relation to the discovery of SO play a significant role in shaping decision makers' understanding of sexuality. This emphasis on internal accounts over observable practices poses challenges in verifying the credibility of SO claimants, raising questions about the reliability of credibility assessments. These insights underscore the need for nuanced approaches to assessing the credibility of SO claimants and ensuring fair treatment in asylum processes.

ABSTRACTMigrant deservingness, the criteria by which host populations assess migrants' entitlement to rights, resources and social acceptance, plays a critical role in shaping public opinion on immigration. Drawing on the CARIN framework, this study examines Turkish citizens' attitudes towards immigration through latent profile analysis on 788 participants (52% female, Mage = 34.1 SD = 13.6). The analysis identified four attitudinal profiles: Pragmatic Conditionalists, Humanitarians, Cultural Protectionists, and Exclusionists, each reflecting varying levels of support for or opposition to migrants based on perceived deservingness. Further analyses revealed significant differences across profiles in nationalism, religiosity, political ideology, perceived realistic and symbolic threats, social distance, contact quality and affective responses towards migrants. Exclusionists exhibited the highest perceived threats, social distance, and nationalism, whereas Humanitarians displayed the most inclusive attitudes. The findings contribute to immigration attitude research by clarifying how host populations categorise migrants, influencing social cohesion and policy.

ABSTRACT This study examines how migration aspirations among Afghan returnees are formed, realised and repressed within a context of prolonged instability and authoritarian governance. Drawing on 32 life history interviews conducted in Kabul, Herat, Kandahar and Balkh, and using Jørgen Carling's theoretical framework, the analysis shows that migration aspirations are not fleeting responses to crisis but enduring life strategies shaped by systemic exclusion, structural inequality and evolving socio‐political constraints. Aspirations persist and often intensify in the face of return, repression and limited legal pathways—prompting strategic recalibrations through educational migration, humanitarian routes and transnational networks. The study highlights the gendered dimensions of aspiration, particularly the growing role of migration as a means of resisting institutionalised restrictions on women. The findings call for a shift in migration governance—from containment toward rights‐based legal pathways that respond to the realities of Afghan mobility and contribute to regional stability.

ABSTRACTCredibility assessment is critical in refugee status determination processes both in Brazil and around the world. The unusual circumstances of asylum, often marked by a lack of documentation or material evidence, emphasise the importance of applicants' narratives. As a result, determining who qualifies as a refugee is based on validating the truthfulness of these claims. This article analyses, via qualitative research and interviews, how Brazil's decision‐making framework does not eradicate subjectivity but redistributes it, culminating in a collective subjectivity that affects asylum outcomes. This study contests the notion that credibility assessment is solely a matter of technical expertise and exposes subjectivity as an intrinsic element of asylum cases, even within democratic systems.

ABSTRACTClimate change has been irreversibly increasing its impact on human migration. This issue calls for an inclusive protection framework worldwide. In this context, one could expect the European Union (EU), a leading actor in global climate governance, to pioneer a more holistic conceptual framework for climate migration. However, the EU's rationality tends to portray a different picture in policymaking. This study conducts a content analysis of 62 selected legal and other acts between 2009 and 2024 to evaluate the EU's governmentality of climate migration. The use of climate change and migration‐related concepts, both separately and interrelatedly, is analysed using MAXQDA through both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The research theoretically benefits from Michel Foucault's governmentality perspective. It finds that the conceptualisation and human rights‐based approach (HRBA) of the EU to climate‐induced migration are notably limited in the documents. The EU's governmentality of climate‐induced migration reveals itself as slow‐moving policymaking.

ABSTRACTThis article examines how the political resocialisation of Chilean emigrants shapes their electoral preferences in constitutional plebiscites. We propose a set of hypotheses linking democracy levels in residence countries, prior electoral experience, ideology, and exposure to constitutional reforms abroad to voting behaviour. Using both administrative and individual‐level data, our analysis yields three key findings. First, Chileans residing in less democratic countries than Chile are more likely to reject constitutional plebiscites. Second, while prior electoral experience and partisan ideology contribute to stable voting patterns, exposure to constitutional reforms in residence countries does not significantly shape non‐residents' vote choices. Third, individual‐level evidence underscores the role of democratic pluralism, prior voting participation, ideology, and socioeconomic factors in structuring electoral behaviour abroad. By situating non‐resident Chilean voters within broader debates on migrant political participation, this study provides insights into how transnational experiences shape electoral engagement in origin‐country politics.

ABSTRACT This paper is part of a larger study investigating the educational experiences of Syrian refugees in Jordan. It explores the reflective accounts of 129 Syrian refugee university learners in Jordan, collected during the third week following the fall of Bashar al‐Assad, a period marked by significant political transition and the voluntary return of nearly 60 000 Syrians. Using a discursive analytical approach, the research investigates how language reflects the learners' decisions about returning to Syria or remaining in Jordan. The analysis identifies key language strategies, including the use of conditional framing to express hypothetical scenarios, modal verbs to convey future intentions, affective language that positions education as both a personal and collective responsibility, concessive structures to navigate the interplay of familial support, financial constraints, and educational aspirations, temporal framing that situates actions within a specific time context, a combination of agentive verbs, intensification, presupposition, and comparative evaluation. This study contributes to understanding the relationship between language, identity, and post‐conflict reconstruction in refugee contexts by highlighting the language strategies employed by Syrian refugee learners at a pivotal historical moment. It thereby advances sociolinguistic understandings of how refugee learners use language to frame return as a morally situated decision shaped by displacement, education, and political change.