Here, the making of new diasporas and their efforts to be recognised as diasporas are at the centre. Two contributions look into the constitution of a diaspora’s boundaries through the diasporas themselves and external agents, and into how those calling themselves diasporas negotiate their ways. To this end, Weinar’s contribution looks into the constitution of diaspora in policy discourses within international and supranational organisations, and Paerregard follows with an analysis of how political elites negotiate and constitute what one may call ‘diasporaness’.