Moving Towards Europe

This book looks into the role played by the conditions and legal-policy frameworks in several origin, transit, and host/destination countries in South/Central/Western Asia, Eastern/Central/Western Africa, and Central/South America in shaping mixed migration towards the European Union before and after the so-called 'migration crisis' (20092020).

Population movements taking place in past decades, including those reaching the European Union, defy straightforward and simplistic conceptions of drivers, trajectories and forms of migration. Approaching migration journeys as non-linear processes, this book looks into the conditions and legal-policy frameworks at broad spaces of mobility interlinking several origin, transit, destination and host contexts in South/Central/Western Asia, Eastern/Central/Western Africa, Central and South America, and Europe to provide a more nuanced understanding of mixed migration. It also looks at specific migratory trends towards the European Union before and after the so-called 'migration crisis' (20092020), while paying particular attention to gender- and sexuality-specific dynamics and patterns.

Autorentext

Asli Selin Okyay is a senior fellow at the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI).

Luca Barana is a research fellow at IAI.

Colleen Boland is a postdoctoral researcher at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).

Inhalt

Contents-Figures-Tables-Lorenzo Kamel-Foreword-Asli Selin Okyay, Luca Barana, Colleen Elizabeth Boland, Daniela Huber, Daniel Morente and Elena Sánchez-Montijano-Introduction-Asli Selin Okyay-Fragmented Afghan journeys towards Europe: Caught between insecure lives, precarious livelihoods and restrictive policies--Flavia Fusco-Following mixed migration trajectories from Iraq: When, how and why Europe became a major destination for Iraqis-Daniela Huber-Syrian refugees' trajectories: From civil war through insecure livelihoods in transit/host contexts to fortified European borders-Jacopo Resti-Why do so many Eritreans flee their country? Drivers of Eritrean migration in countries of origin, transit and destination-Luca Barana, Colleen Elizabeth Boland and Daniel Morente-Mali's migratory complexity: A tale of shifting migratory movements on three routes-Luca Barana-Nigeria: The impact of economic struggles and conflict on fragmented migratory routes-Silvia Colombo-Understanding migration from Tunisia: Domestic marginalisation, regional instability and the EU's over-securitisation -Morocco's influence on WMR and WAR transit: Key relationships with Africa and Europe and growing geopolitical weight-Daniel Morente-The legacies of the armed conflict, regional dynamics and Spain's immigration and asylum policies in the shaping of migration from Colombia-Colleen Boland, Elena Sánchez-Montijano-Increasingly exacerbated crises in Honduras-Colleen Boland, Elena Sánchez-Montijano- The continued Venezuelan exodus-Asli Selin Okyay, Luca Barana, Colleen Elizabeth Boland, Daniela Huber, Daniel Morente and Elena Sánchez-Montijano-Conclusions-Contributors-Abbreviations