In-between places: trans-Saharan transit migrants in Morocco and the fragmented journey to Europe

Collyer, Michael (2007) In-between places: trans-Saharan transit migrants in Morocco and the fragmented journey to Europe. Antipode, 39 (4). pp. 668-690. ISSN 0066-4812

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Abstract

As undocumented migration becomes more difficult, migrants' journeys become longer and more fragmented. This is a response to new spatialities of migration control which are continually reconfigured in an effort to eliminate clandestine movement. In the trans-Saharan region, this pattern of fragmented journeys also arises from a network of transnational social organisations that depend upon newly available technologies. Migrants' social networks provide both the means and the motivation for continued movement, even as destinations become more elusive. This paper investigates the imbalanced conflict between the social organisation of Sahara transit migrants and the developing spatial logic of control. It is based on recent research with undocumented migrants in Morocco.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Derives from Nuffield Post-Doctoral Career Development Fellowship: first of several planned outputs from this.
Schools and Departments: School of Global Studies > Geography
Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) > G0001 Geography (General)
Depositing User: Michael Collyer
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2012 15:22
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2012 09:15
URI: http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/11961
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