This paper offers an overview of the origins and dynamics of the concept of migrant visits and introduces the key contributions of the special issue. We highlight the significance of visits that criss-cross many forms of migration and centre on these visits’ bilateral and multilateral nature. Furthermore, we emphasize emotional, sensory and bodily implications, which almost always shape encounters between migrants and others in such visits. The papers of this special issue contribute to a broad interdisciplinary agenda highlighting familial ties, networks and transnational spaces at the core of migration and mobility scholarship. Together, we offer new perspectives on the multidirectionality of visits and the role of relationships which drive, connect and diversify forms of migration and are facilitated by broader developments in technology, tourism and diasporic practices.

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访问移民：简介

本文概述了移民访问概念的起源和动态，并介绍了该特刊的主要贡献。我们强调了跨越多种移民形式的访问的重要性，并以这些访问的双边和多边性质为中心。此外，我们强调情感、感官和身体的影响，这些影响几乎总是影响移民与其他人在此类访问中的相遇。本期特刊的论文有助于广泛的跨学科议程，强调家庭关系、网络和跨国空间是移民和流动奖学金的核心。我们共同提供了关于访问的多向性以及驱动、连接和多样化移民形式的关系的作用的新观点，并因技术的更广泛发展而得到促进，