The increasing global competition of knowledge economies has begun a new era of labour migration, as economies chase 'the best and the brightest' the movement of highly skilled workers. This book examines the experiences of highly educated migrants, subjected to two distinct and incompatible public discourses: one that identifies them in terms of nationality and presupposed religion, and another that focuses on their education and employment status, which highlights their contribution to host societies and suggests that they deserve the best treatment from societies engaged in the global...