Journal of Migration and Settlement Studies is an Open Access journal and adopts the open-access policy of the Budapest Open Access Initiative (BOAI). Accordingly, scientific articles and researches published in the journal are presented to end-users and institutions free of charge. Users have the right to read, download, copy, print, distribute, search or connect the full text of articles published in Journal of Migration and Settlement Studies without the permission of the publisher or authors.

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“Open Access” is a catch-all term covering both Gratis and Libre Open Access. More than 20 years ago, Open Access was understood to mean content that was available for free without a price attached. This kind of Open Access is now referred to as Gratis Open Access. Over time, as the concept of open access became more widely accepted, there was a need to be clearer about what users were allowed to do with the content. This meant that the users’ rights needed to be clearly stated. This kind of Open Access has no price barriers and removes at least some of the permission barriers. It is referred to as Libre Open Access. Different levels of permissions for reuse exist, like commercial use, creating translations, etc (as indicated by the six different Creative Commons licenses, for example), different variants of Libre Open Access also exist (https://blog.doaj.org/2020/11/17/what-does-doaj-define-as-open-access/).
The Publisher believes that for Open Access to work effectively, user rights, through licensing, and copyright ownership need to be clear.

By submitting their work to the journal, the authors are deemed to have accepted the following conditions.
1. The copyright of the published article belongs to its author under CC BY-NC 4.0 license.
2. The authors authorize this Journal to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
3. The authors grant the right to freely use the article to any third party as long as the original authors and citation details are identified.
4. Nothing in this license impairs or restricts an author's right to preserve the integrity and ownership of their work.
5. All commercial rights related to the article belong to the authors.

The articles in the journal are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
The Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
You are free to:
1) Share: Copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
2) Adapt: Remix, transform, and build upon the material
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1) Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
2) Non Commercial: You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
No additional restrictions: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.