Come rondini in volo o come orsi nella foresta? : migranti, stranieri, altri

Like swallows in flight or bears in the forest? Migrants, foreigners, others
The purpose of the article is to present the essays collected in this number of the review, and some interpretations of the main issues emerging from the current debate, practices and policies on migration and migrants. The focus is first on the continuities and discontinuities between the past and present migratory movements, with reference to the most important analyses and researches. Then, the article deals with the identity and cultural diversity issues, and offers some criticism of the debate on multiculturalism. The conclusions discuss those policies which tend to consider and face the problems related to the migrants’ regulation and integration following a purely security logic.