lives in attempts to circumvent the controls, but have also jeopardized the economy and the stability of a region that has become heavily dependent on the phenomenon of “transit migration.” In turn, this situation has created tension between authorities
Search Results
Introduction
Reconceptualizing Transit States in an Era of Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Obfuscation
Antje Missbach and Melissa Phillips
terms (e.g., destination country, receiving country, and country of origin) that we rely on here and retrace some of the scholarship that has evolved around transit migration over the last decades. While the process of transiting through several
Managing a Multiplicity of Interests
The Case of Irregular Migration from Libya
Melissa Phillips
International Relations 13 ( 1 ): 1 – 11 . 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00435.x Boubakri , Hassen. 2004 . “ Transit Migration Between Tunisia, Libya and Sub-Saharan Africa: Study Based on Greater Tunis .” Paper presented at the Council of Europe Regional
When Transit States Pursue Their Own Agenda
Malaysian and Indonesian Responses to Australia's Migration and Border Policies
Antje Missbach and Gerhard Hoffstaedter
in understanding Malaysia's role in transit migration in Southeast Asia. Many asylum seekers and refugees enter Malaysia legally as tourists and wait, work, and sometimes register with the UNHCR before moving on to Indonesia, the secondary staging
Dirty Work, Dangerous Others
The Politics of Outsourced Immigration Enforcement in Mexico
Wendy Vogt
scholarship has addressed the political, economic, and social dimensions of transit migration in countries worldwide ( Basok et al. 2015 ; Collyer et al. 2012 ; Mainwaring and Brigden 2016 ; Missbach 2015 ; Phillips and Missbach 2017b ). Of particular
“Looking for One's Life”
Trapped Mobilities and Adventure in Morocco
Sébastien Bachelet
context of “transit” migration in Morocco. I then examine migrants’ notion of the “adventure” to signify their own journeys in pursuit of their lives rather than a fixed destination. Migrants’ perilous journeys experienced as epic quests—requiring courage
To Accompany and to Observe: Engaged Scholarship and Social Change Vis-à-Vis Sub-Saharan Transmigration in Morocco
An Interview with Mehdi Alioua
Sabina Barone and Mehdi Alioua
In this interview with Sabina Barone, Mehdi Alioua—Sociology Professor at the Université Internationale de Rabat (International University of Rabat), Morocco—reflects on the transformations that Sub-Saharan African migration has brought to Moroccan society over the last two decades, in particular with reference to identity and the denominations of the foreign others, the internal and regional dynamics of (im)mobility, and the challenges to social coexistence and national migration policies. He proposes conceptual categories such as "transmigrant,” “migration by stages,” and “migratory crossroads” to capture the complexity of the mobile experiences unfolding in Morocco. Based on his trajectory of engaged scholarship in favor of migrants and refugees, he calls for a renewed South-South and North-South academic collaboration and cross-fertilization through small scale, bottom-up research made possible by friendship among scholars.
From Ecuador to Elsewhere
The (Re)Configuration of a Transit Country
Soledad Álvarez Velasco
), the case of Ecuador as a transit country has not been widely recognized or studied. By analyzing how and why Ecuador has become a transit country, this article makes a contribution to the field of transit migration studies with findings and reflections
Jelena Tošić and Annika Lems
perspectives. By paying attention to the emic notions migrants stuck in Morocco or aspiring to leave Algeria use to describe their situation, Sébastien Bachelet and Farida Souiah show that oft-used analytical concepts, such as “transit migration” or “irregular
Introduction
Recentering the South in Studies of Migration
Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
Press . Içduygu , Ahmet , and Deniz Yükseker . 2012 . “ Rethinking Transit Migration in Turkey: Reality and Re-presentation in the Creation of a Migratory Phenomenon .” Population, Space and Place 18 ( 4 ): 441 – 456 . 10.1002/psp.633