The way international migration is represented in public debates has enormous implications worldwide. While the content of media and political narratives has been studied extensively, the processes of narrative-making and their effects have received less scholarly attention. A new special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies on “The Making of Migration Narratives: Understanding Processes and Gauging Impacts,” edited by Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas and Ferruccio Pastore, helps fill this gap based on the findings of a large interdisciplinary project, BRIDGES.