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- PublicationOpen AccessMigration and Social Transformation: Myths, theories and politics(Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2025) Munck, Ronaldo; Sin departamento asociadoThis chapter seeks to unpack the many ‘migration myths’ which float around in official discourse, feeding prejudice and misinformation. It takes migration to be part of a broader process of social transformation and not something self-con-tained. It foregrounds the mobility of labour as an integral element of the capitalist mode of production in the era of globalization. It also places in a central position the uneven nature of capitalist development on a global scale, that is only superficially captured by the mainstream distinction between ‘sender’ and ‘receiving’ countries. Finally, it emphasises the active role that migrant workers play as against the com-mon picture of them as always victims.