This is an excellent overview of issues of modern international migration and its many permutations. A great starter text if you're interested in the issue or if you're trying to further focus existing knowledge of the subject. The reference section in the back of the book is *gold* and Koser does a good job of bringing up modern scholars of the varying issues of immigration and pointing the reader towards their work. Koser is also wise enough to not focus primarily on the West and the migration brought about in the aftermath of imperialism and colonialism but also drawing the reader towards internal migration and the migration currently going on within and between Asia and Africa. South America, however, is curiously absent from the book except in reference to Latino migration in the USA and irregular migration takes center stage, despite the author's assertion that it's not as pressing an issue as it seems in most countries. There is also virtually no historical context given within the book, but for me, that's fine because there's plenty of that in other texts and a modern perspective is more of what I was looking for.

Definitely recommended for the student of multi-culturalism or migration as well as for the casual reader looking to challenge themselves with an overview of a very relevant global issue. ( )

it is a good book for older readers. ( )