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Welcome to my website, where you can find information on my research activities and publications. I have a background in human geography and I am currently a research officer at the International Migration Institute of the James Martin 21st Century School of the University of Oxford. E-mail: hein.dehaas@qeh.ox.ac.uk

My research centers on the reciprocal interlinkages between migration and broader development processes, primarily from the perspective of migrant-sending countries. The regional focus of my research is on Turkey, the Middle East, West and North Africa and, particularly, Morocco. My current work addresses

• The impacts of migration and remittances on migrant-sending societies.

• (Irregular) migration from Africa to Europe.

• Migration transitions: the non-linear relationship between migration and broader development processes.

• Migration determinants: policy, origin and destination effects.

• Interactions between migration, agricultural and environmental change in North Africa.

• Long-term migration scenarios

Besides my academic work, in 2004 I published Aroemi Aroemi: Een Vreemdeling in Marokko (‘A Stranger in Morocco’) in Dutch. This book is a personal account of my two-years stay in a south-Moroccan oasis, where I collected survey and interview data for my PhD thesis on the effects of out-migration on social and economic development.

Recent work:

de Haas, Hein (2008) The myth of invasion: The inconvenient realities of migration from Africa to the European Union. Third World Quarterly 29 (7): 1305-1322. Download text

de Haas, Hein (2008) The complex role of migration in shifting rural livelihoods: The case of a Moroccan oasis. Naerssen, T. van, E. Spaan and A. Zoomers (eds.): Global Migration and Development. New York/Londen: Routledge. Download text

de Haas, Hein (2008) The internal dynamics of migration processes. Paper presented at IMSCOE Conference on Theories of Migration and Social Change. St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, 1-3 July 2008. Download

de Haas, Hein (2008) Irregular migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union. International Organisation for Migration, Geneva. French. Download

Traduction française:  Migration irrégulière d’Afrique Occidentale en Afrique du Nord et en Union européenne. Genève : Organisation internationale pour les migrations  Téléchargez

de Haas, Hein (2008) Migration and Development: A theoretical perspective. IMI Working Paper. International Migration Institute, University of Oxford. Download

de Haas, Hein (2008) North African Migration Systems: Evolution,  Transformations and Development Linkages. Castles, S. and Delgado Wise, R. (eds.) Migration and Development: Perspectives from the South. Geneva: International Organization for Migration, pp. 143-174 Download book

de Haas, Hein (2007) The Myth of Invasion: Irregular migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the European Union. IMI Research Report, International Migration Institute, University of Oxford. Download

Traduction française: Le mythe de l’invasion: Migration irrégulière d’Afrique de l’Ouest au Maghreb et en Union européenne. Téléchargez

de Haas, Hein (2007) Migration, remittances and social development. Geneva: United Nations Research Department for Social Development. Download

de Haas, Hein (2007) Between courting and controlling: The Moroccan state and ‘its' emigrants. Working Paper No. 54, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford. Download

de Haas, Hein (2007) Turning the tide? Why development will not stop migration. Development and Change 38(5). Download text

de Haas, Hein (2007) Morocco’s migration experience: a transitional perspective. International Migration 45(4). Download text

de Haas, Hein (2007) International migration, national development and the role of governments: The case of Nigeria. Adepoju, A., T. van Naerssen and A. Zoomers (eds.): International Migration and National Development in Sub-Saharan Africa: viewpoints and policy initiatives in the country of origin. Leiden: Brill Publishers. Download text

de Haas, Hein (2007) Migration et développement : des mythes tenaces. Courrier de la Planète, no. 81-82. Téléchargez

Bakewell, Oliver and Hein de Haas (2007) African Migrations: continuities, discontinuities and recent transformations. in Patrick Chabal, Ulf Engel and Leo de Haan (eds.) African Alternatives. Leiden: Brill: 95-118. Download text

North African Migration Systems: Evolution, Transformations and Development Linkages. Migración y Desarrollo 2006(2) 65-95 Download

In Spanish: Sistemas Migratorios en el Norte de África: Evolución, Transformaciones y Vínculos con el Desarrollo. Migración y Desarrollo 2006(2) 63-92. Download

de Haas, Hein (2006) Trans-Saharan Migration to North Africa and the EU: Historical Roots and Current Trends. Migration Information Source, November 2006. View on external website

Version française: Migrations Transsahariennes vers l'Afrique du Nord et l'UE: Origines Historiques et Tendances Actuelles. Lien vers l'article

de Haas, Hein (2007) North African Migration Systems: evolution, transformations and development linkages. IMI working paper 6. Oxford: International Migration Institute, University of Oxford. Download text

de Haas, Hein (2006) Engaging diasporas: How governments and development agencies can support diasporas’ involvement in development of origin countries. A study for Oxfam Novib. Oxford: International Migration Institute, University of Oxford. Download

de Haas, Hein (2006) Migration, Remittances and Regional Development in Morocco. Geoforum 37(4), 565-580. Download text

de Haas, Hein and Roald Plug (2006) Cherishing the Goose with the Golden Eggs: Trends in Migrant Remittances from Europe to Morocco 1970–2004 International Migration Review 40(3), 603-634. Download text

de Haas, Hein (2005) Morocco: From emigration country to Africa’s migration passage to Europe. Country profile Morocco. Migration Information Source, October 2005. View on external website

Version française: Maroc: De pays d'émigration vers passage migratoire africain vers l'Europe. Lien vers l'article

de Haas, Hein (2005) International migration, remittances and development: myths and facts. Third World Quarterly, Vol26(8), 1269-1284. Download text

The myth of invasion  

Irregular migration from West Africa to the Maghreb and the EU