The journal is a publication released in 2012, which has contributions made by experts from across the globe. This edition highlights key aspects of migration and its link to development in countries such as China, South Africa, Europe, Iran, India and Peru. The issues discussed on China include its rise as the ‘World’s Factory’ and dominance in the manufacturing industry. It is essentially the migration of the peasant population that provides low-cost labour that has helped China gain its position. In South Africa, despite the transition from authoritarian rule to democracy, a new wave of discrimination, prejudice and power shift has stifled its socio-economic growth. The study also focuses on the connection between ethnicity and national identity and explores the origins of xenophobia in South Africa. Poverty, disease and drought continue to be problems in the African region, which have hampered development. Afghans living in Iran are another migrant population identified in this journal. The causes for migration range from forced-migration to other multiple reasons. However, the population has not benefitted as refugees in Iran due to its own domestic and international issues with the West.