The International Organization for Migration

"""This book is a rigorous, compelling, timely and highly readable contribution to the growing literature on migration and humanitarian governance. It helps fill a critical gap in our understanding of IOM as an actor of ever-increasing significance in global, regional, national and local responses to displacement. It is essential reading for students, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers working on these issues."" - James Milner, Carleton University, Canada. ""If you only read one book about IOM, read this. Bradley provides a thorough, balanced and engaging analysis of an organization which very few scholars have examined. The book explores IOM’s evolution, expansion, and limitations. It is a must read for students and scholars interested in global migration governance."" - Nina Hall, John Hopkins University, USA. ""In this clear, insightful and accessible introduction, Bradley explores the evolution and workings of IOM, now the UN-affiliated migration agency. She reveals that IOM is dependent for most of its funding on earnings as a humanitarian agency in contexts where few people are migrating across borders. While she acknowledges much of the existing critique of IOM for its engagement in the sharp end of migration control on behalf of some states, she also reveals other dimensions of its self-understanding and action. This book should be mandatory reading for all students of international organisations, humanitarianism and migration and refugee studies."" - Cathryn Costello, Professor of Refugee and Migration Law, University of Oxford, UK."