This volume examines the implications of migration into and from the Middle East with a particular focus on the significance of migration movements, policy reactions, and questions concerning human rights, governance, and citizenship in relation to policy making processes. The contributors cover different yet interrelated fields of migration research, presenting new perspectives on migration and security in the Middle East and showing the ways in which recent developments challenge our traditional interpretations of migration. They also discuss how migratory movements in the Middle East raise new questions related to human rights, governance, and citizenship, which demonstrate that lack of representation and political inclusion, already a systemic problem in the Middle East, is even more relevant with respect to migrant populations.

1. Introduction: Migration, Citizenship, and Security in a Changing Middle East; Peter Seeberg and Zaid Eyadat -- PART I: MIGRATION, RIGHTS, AND CITIZENSHIP -- 2. Citizenship and Migration in Arab Gulf Monarchies; J. N. Sater -- 3. Addressing the Sanctity of Human Rights: The Plight of Female Migrant Laborers in Jordan; Zaid Eyadat -- 4. Perceiving Democracy in Migration: The case of Moroccans in Piemonte; Rosita Di Peri -- 5. Diasporas as political actors: the case of the Amazigh diaspora; Eva Pfs̲tl -- PART II: GOVERNANCE, MIGRATION, AND SECURITY -- 6. Migrant Workers and Governance in Middle Income Countries: The Case of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon; J. N. Sater -- 7. Across the Desert, Across the Sea: Migrant Smuggling into and from Libya; Derek Lutterbeck -- 8. Migration in Syria and Non-traditional Security Issues in the MENA Region. Transnational Integration, Security, and National Interests; Peter Seeberg.