The complex phenomenon of international migration, be it voluntary or forced, is often discussed in terms of the push and pull factors that make people uproot from their homes and resettle elsewhere. Common push factors are economic insecurity, political instability, persecution, conflict or war. Considered from this perspective, migration is seen as an attempt to escape from difficult living conditions, social problems or perceived injustice.Pull factors are the opposite: opportunities in terms of economic security, education, political stability, freedom or relative peace. But migrating is not only about push and pull factors.Settling in a new place represents challenges both for the migrant and for the countries and communities they settle into. Governments struggle to find appropriate policies on both