ABSTRACT
The chapter starts by critically reviewing the analytical separation of migration between developing areas under the rubric of ‘South-South migration’ and migration from developing to wealthier regions of the world (‘South-North migration’). Marking them out as separate analytical categories suggests it should be possible to identify common differences between the processes of migration in these two groups. The second part of the chapter looks at the various characteristics put forward in the literature as distinctive to ‘South-South migration’. Each of these has some validity in some contexts, but I argue they are better considered as characteristic of particular regional or inter-regional migration patterns rather than conf lated into the gross generalisation of South-South migration. In conclusion, I put forward some reasons why research into these neglected parts of the world is important and can yield valuable lessons that help improve our understanding of international migration, even within the ‘North’.
