In her lecture, Dr. Brand pointed out that despite the tremendous interest in recent years in questions related to international migration and diasporas across regions and disciplines, only a small fraction of scholarly- or policy-related work has focused on the sending state. Her presentation examined the concept of "emigration policy," as opposed to the more commonly discussed "immigration policy," and attempted to more fully develop the content of such a concept, with a special focus on state institutions that are responsible for some aspect of expatriate affairs. Concrete examples from Morocco (the Ministry for the Moroccan Community Residents Abroad), Tunisia (the Diwan for Tunisian Residents Abroad) and Lebanon (the Ministry of Expatriates) were explored.