Immigration in the Circumpolar North: Integration and Resilience

Immigration in the Circumpolar North: Integration and Resilience explores interconnected issues of integration and resilience among both immigrants and host communities in the Arctic region. It examines the factors that inhibit or enable the success of immigrants to the Arctic and the role of territoriality in the process of integration.

This book showcases a variety of perspectives on circumpolar immigration, and includes insights from eight Arctic countries as well as thirteen ‘observer countries’ such as China, India, Singapore, Poland, Germany, France and Japan. It considers the solidarities and engagements of indigenous and other local peoples with the new coming immigrants and refugees, and the impact of immigration on the economic and societal life in the Circumpolar Arctic.

The book will be of interest to researchers, teachers, professors, policymakers and others interested in migration issues, Arctic issues, international relations, law, and economic integration.

Nafisa Yeasmin a doctor of Social Science and a post-doctoral researcher at the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland, Finland. Dr Yeasmin works under the Arctic Governance Research Group. She has been leading the UArctic thematic network on Arctic Migration. She is a distinguished member of Finnish National Ethnic Advisory Board and has been the president of Arctic Immigrant Association.

Waliul Hasanat, LLD, is a Professor of Law and Justice Discipline in Khulna University, Bangladesh. He studied for the Doctor of Laws at the Faculty of Law in the University of Lapland, on the Arctic Council. He was a post-doctoral fellow of the China–Nordic Arctic Research Centre in the School of Law and Political Science at the Ocean University of China.

Jan Brzozowski is an associate professor at Cracow University of Economics, Poland. His research interests include research methods in business and economics, business ethics, development of Latin America, international relations, economics of international migration, international migration, migration and socio-economic development.

Stefan Kirchner is an associate professor at the University of Lapland, Finland. He specialized in international law. He has extensive practical experience in international law, having worked in both private practice and public administration.