Introduction: The Politics of the Migrant/Refugee Binary

Abstract

This introduction outlines the need for a Special Issue on the topic of the migrant/refugee binary, discusses the contributions of the six papers that make up the issue, and outlines an agenda for future research on this topic.

Keywords:

• Migrant
• refugee
• label
• category
• discourse

Notes

1 The Pew Research Center study can be found here: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/09/people-around-the-world-express-more-support-for-taking-in-refugees-than-immigrants/ (last accessed February 22, 2022).

2 Abdelaaty, Lamis, and Hamlin, Rebecca. 2015. “‘Migrants?’ or ‘Refugees?’ It’s the Wrong Question. Here’s How to Help the People Fleeing to Europe.” Washington Post, October 23.