New publication on Food Security and International Migration

Inhumane and disorderly migratory flows do not only result from natural or man-made emergencies. They also originate from structural conditions: circumstances embedded in the structure of societies, such as hunger, poverty, and inequality, which translate into lack of educational and professional opportunities, poor access to health services, food insecurity, and crime, among others. These phenomena force people away from home in their own countries or other nations.

In 2010, The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the University of Nevada hosted an international conference on "Food Security and International Migration”. Based on this conference, a special issue of the Journal of the Latino Research Center 'Border-Lines' has now been published.

The issue includes articles on labour migration; the linkage between climate change, food security and migration; food security and assistance in case of natural disasters; the role of remittances in food security; and moving the dialogue from border security to food and livelihood security. DIIS senior researcher Ninna Nyberg Sørensencontributes an article on contemporary strain on mobile livelihoods in the Central American Region.

The journal can be downloaded here , including Ninna Nyberg Sørensen's contribution:

The Rise and Fall of the “Migrant Superhero” and the New “Deportee Trash”: Contemporary Strain on Mobile Livelihoods in the Central American Region. Border-Lines vol. 5, 2011, Special Issue, pp. 90-120