Drawing on literature from a variety of migration contexts, this chapter investigates the distinction between international and internal migration. We first review the recent research on both forms of migration, before turning to research that attempts to “bridge the gap” between them. Second, we offer an original empirical analysis of both interna...
Published in Heliyon
This research paper examined the legal status and characteristics of current bank account under Jordanian Commercial law Code number 12 of the year 1966. Despite the contradicting theories established to determine the legal status of the current account, it was found that characterizing it as a loan contract is the most suitable to its status and c...
Published in Social science & medicine (1982)
Scholarship on undocumented immigrants has linked irregular forms of legal status to depressed mental health experiences and outcomes. The children of undocumented immigrants have also been shown to report mental health issues. More regular forms of legal status, like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), have been shown to improve psychol...
Published in Heliyon
The legal status of marine fishery resources is analyzed from a spatial perspective: States have the right for their nationals to engage in fishing activities in the corresponding maritime areas based on the sovereignty, sovereign rights, the principle of freedom of the high seas as well as the principle of the common heritage of mankind of the Are...
Published in Journal of Migration and Health
Background The 1.5 generation, brought to the U.S. prior to age 16, faces barriers that the second generation, U.S.-born to immigrant parents, does not, including only temporary legal protection through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Program. Little is known about how legal status and uncertainty shape cisgender immigrant young w...
Le cadavre humain, pour ne pas dire le corps humain privé de vie dans tous ses états (désagrégation biologique, accidents, etc.), ainsi que ses restes, doivent-ils être qualifiés d’objets de droit ou de sujets de droit ? Si le rejet de la personnification semble être une piste évidente (extinction de la personnalité juridique), l’acception de la qu...
Il est des questions qui font débat depuis longtemps dans le monde juridique. Parmi elles, le degré de protection octroyée à l’animal et sa place dans l’ordre juridique, notamment français. Cet animal, désormais qualifié de sensible, bénéficie en effet d’une protection spécifique du fait de cette caractéristique - le distinguant des autres objets d...
Published in Social Science & Medicine (1982)
Rural Latinx immigrants experienced disproportionately negative health and economic impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. They contended with the pandemic at the intersection of legal status exclusions from the safety net and long-standing barriers to health care in rural regions. Yet, little is known about how rural Latinx immigrants navigated suc...
Published in SSM - population health
Research has shown that asylum seekers, refugees, and internally displaced persons, including stateless persons, are at increased risk of poor mental health. Yet, only a few studies explicitly focus on stateless persons. This article examines the association between legal status and mental health among Akha, Lahu and Tai-Yai people in Northern Thai...
Rural Latinx immigrants experienced disproportionately negative health and economic impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic. They contended with the pandemic at the intersection of legal status exclusions from the safety net and long-standing barriers to health care in rural regions. Yet, little is known about how rural Latinx immigrants navigated suc...
