THEMATIC ARTICLES – CHALLENGES OF MIGRATION: WHO MIGRATES, WHY AND WITH WHAT EFFECTS? 
 
Socio-Economic Determinants of International Migration, Yaroslav PRYTULA, Nataliia POHORILA
Beyond Nationality: Dispatches from Immigrant Workers in the Global City, Manuel ABRANTES
Personal Networks and Migration Decision: The Case of Jamaican Brain Drain, Rosalyn NEGRÓN    
From Object to Actor? Building Partnerships with Migrant Organisations: The Case of Germany, Katerina-Marina KYRIERI, Constanze BRASSER     
   
RESEARCH ARTICLES
 
The Impact of the Crisis on Illegal Employment of Foreigners and the Related Policy - Case study: Czech Republic, Vera–Karin BRAZOVA
Neighborhood Amenities, Satisfaction, and Perceived Livability of Foreign-Born and Native-Born U.S. Residents, Yanmei LI
 
FOCUS: TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN BEINGS
 
Trafficking of Human Beings – An Academic Attempt to Support the EU Actions in the Fight Against It, Lia POP
The Institutional Perspective in the Fight against Human Trafficking in Romania - The National Anti-Trafficking Body, Ioan LAZA, Ioana ALBU 
 
 
BOOK REVIEWS
 
Brigitte Bonisch-Brednich, Catherine Trundle (eds.) Local Lives. Migration and the Politics of Place, Farbnham, Surrey: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2010, 203pp. ISBN: 978-1-4094-0103-2 (hbk), Review by Magda DANCIU
Lenia Marquez, Maria Sophia Pimentel Biscaia and Gloria Bastos (eds.), Intercultural Crossings. Conflict, Memory, Identity, Bruxelles: Peter Lang, 2012, 208 pp., ISBN 978-90-5201-816-4 pb, Review by Lia POP
 
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NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS