Contents -- 1. International migration in the era of globalisation: recent issues and new concerns for research -- 2. European research on international migration and settlement of immigrants: a state of the art and suggestions for improvement -- 3. Unacceptable realities: public opinion and the challenge of immigration in a Franco-American comparison -- 4. Culture and politics: the Danish cartoon controversy within migration and colonial spaces -- 5. Transnationalisation: its conceptual and empirical relevance -- 6. The contribution of migration studies and transnationalism to the anthropological debate: a critical perspective -- 7. New migratory configurations: transnationalism/s, diaspora/s, migratory circulation -- 8. Migration and development over twenty years of research: progress and prospects -- 9. International migration and territorial (re)construction: the place and role of migrants as 'frontier runners' in development -- 10. Forced migration and asylum: stateless citizens today -- 11. Forced migration in Africa: a new but overlooked category of refugees -- 12. International migration in the twenty-first century: towards new research perspectives -- List of contributors.