Abstract
This paper reviews and evaluates the contribution of contemporary geographical research to our understanding of internal and international migration. Four main conclusions are reached: (i) that geography is absolutely central to the study of migration (and vice versa); (ii) that, throughout the recent period, geographers have contributed greatly to migration research through their empirical studies of migration flows and net migration patterns (often using quantitative methods); (iii) that these analyses have tended, however, to understate the significance of the cultural, political and social aspects of migration, and have been biased towards certain advanced capitalist countries; and (iv) that future research should redress these imbalances.
