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The paper reflects on the conceptual and methodological challenges linked to the comparison of migration-related issues in three successive eu funded projects. From a methodological point of view, it analyses the construction of comparable research objects that are compatible with a common conceptual framework, elaborated by researchers from various countries. In particular, it is concerned with the adoption of a pluralist framework to analyse migration-related issues in the French universalist context. The author argues that comparative research, as it is developed through eu funded research projects, is particularly relevant in highlighting national specificities, but also in underlining convergences on migration-related issues among member countries.