Post Migration: A Conceptual Continuum

Living in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) world, the unprecedented pace of change and confusion has the potential to create conflicts and unintended consequences. Consistent global tensions potentially modify foreign relations, and political polarization exposes deep cracks within nations. Existing conceptual and theoretical academic work on the topic of ‘migration’ majorly focuses on either hosts’ or migrants’ perspectives. Recognizing the necessity of bringing the two perspectives together, this paper focuses on identifying and discussing the enhancing factors and challenges faced by both immigrants and the host community in the process of migration. This paper attempts to discuss the push (challenges) and pull (protective) factors rooted in the process, space, and discourse of migration in a single frame by presenting it in a conceptual continuum. We also discuss how this model is different from the existing push and pull factor theory on the same topic.