Migration, participation, and citizenship are central political and social concerns all deeply affected by money. Money's role in migration is understudied, overlooked, and analytically underdeveloped. Money affects migration laws and policies for migrants, their families and employers, and sending and receiving societies.

"Migration, participation, and citizenship are central political and social concerns in democratic societies and beyond. From the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and RegularMigration, international agreements portray individuals and communities in terms of worth and value, seeing human diversity as an asset rather than a threat"--