Juan Carlos Checa Olmos is a Professor in Sociology, Ciencias Humanas y Sociales Department, Almería University (Spain). Doctorate from Almería University (2004). He is the author of various books and articles in the following publications: Anthropologica, Revue Européenne Migrations Internationales, Papers, Ciudad y Territorio, Revista de Estudios Geográficos, Convergencia, among others.