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  • Academic migration networks inferred from Scopus affiliation changes, 1974–2023, became more connected and less hub-dominated, with high reciprocity; China, India and South Korea integrated into the US-centred core rather than a separate Asian cluster. (Yenilmez, 2026)
  • Remittance receipt was associated with better household food security in a cross-sectional study of five post-conflict urban towns in Tigray, whereas migration itself did not significantly predict severe or moderate food insecurity. (Woldegebriel et al., 2026)
  • Primary healthcare barriers reported by African migrants interviewed in Cape Town included documentation requirements, charges, language difficulties and medical xenophobia, cumulatively contributing to treatment delays, self-medication and deteriorating physical and mental health. (Setswe et al., 2026)
  • Perceived remoteness predicted migration intentions across three rural settlements in Uzbekistan’s Mirishkor District even after objective-location controls, suggesting that perceptions of marginality are not reducible to physical distance. (Makhmudov et al., 2026)
  • Displaced women breadwinners in two urban Ethiopian settlements combined productive and social reproductive labour to sustain everyday survival, but intensified work also deepened material and embodied depletion without foreclosing hopes for alternative futures. (Regasa et al., 2026)

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