The paper explores the role of migration in climate change adaptation, emphasizing the need to consider the sociospatial nature of migration as a key factor in understanding its impact. The authors introduce the translocal social resilience (TSR) approach to analyze how migration affects the social resilience of livelihood systems. Through a mixed-methods research design in Thailand, Singapore, and Germany, the study examines the various dimensions of migration-as-adaptation, including the degree of choice in migration, social positioning, and connectedness between migrants and their households. The findings highlight that migration outcomes are differentiated by place and social scale, with richer households generally benefiting more than poorer ones. The paper identifies five broad categories of resilience outcomes: sustainable gain, precarious resilience, fragile balance, decoupled livelihoods, and translocal insecurities. The authors argue that a nuanced understanding of migration-as-adaptation is necessary to avoid simplistic conclusions and to inform effective policy-making. The study underscores the importance of considering the sociospatial differentiation of migration impacts and the mechanisms that produce these outcomes, providing a framework for assessing the differential contributions of migration to adaptation and addressing intersectional inequalities.The paper explores the role of migration in climate change adaptation, emphasizing the need to consider the sociospatial nature of migration as a key factor in understanding its impact. The authors introduce the translocal social resilience (TSR) approach to analyze how migration affects the social resilience of livelihood systems. Through a mixed-methods research design in Thailand, Singapore, and Germany, the study examines the various dimensions of migration-as-adaptation, including the degree of choice in migration, social positioning, and connectedness between migrants and their households. The findings highlight that migration outcomes are differentiated by place and social scale, with richer households generally benefiting more than poorer ones. The paper identifies five broad categories of resilience outcomes: sustainable gain, precarious resilience, fragile balance, decoupled livelihoods, and translocal insecurities. The authors argue that a nuanced understanding of migration-as-adaptation is necessary to avoid simplistic conclusions and to inform effective policy-making. The study underscores the importance of considering the sociospatial differentiation of migration impacts and the mechanisms that produce these outcomes, providing a framework for assessing the differential contributions of migration to adaptation and addressing intersectional inequalities.