Family Strategies in Refugee Journeys to Europe
| Autor: | Talitha Dubow, Katie Kuschminder |
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| Přispěvatelé: | RS: GSBE MGSoG, Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, RS: UNU-MERIT Theme 6 |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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refugee families
MIGRANTS 021110 strategic defence & security studies Syria Turkey MIGRATION Refugee Eastern Mediterranean 05 social sciences Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies Gender studies 02 engineering and technology decision making 0506 political science Political science Political Science and International Relations 050602 political science & public administration SEPARATION GENDER MENTAL-HEALTH refugee journeys |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Refugee Studies, 34(4), 4262-4278. Oxford University Press |
| ISSN: | 0951-6328 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/jrs/feab018 |
| Popis: | This article contributes to the literature on refugee journeys and decision-making by providing an exploratory study of the strategies adopted by refugee families in order to overcome controls on their movement and access to asylum. Refugee family strategies are analysed in the context of dynamic policy changes along the Eastern Mediterranean route, drawing on semi-structured interviews with Afghan, Iraqi and Syrian family members who were on this route between 2015 and 2018. The results demonstrate, first, how refugee families negotiate the physical and financial barriers to their movement—often by separating, which emerges as a key adaptive strategy. Second, concomitant with the decision to separate, family reunification policies become important in shaping—and determining the outcomes—of these asylum-seeking trajectories. Third, the article reflects on the consequences of family separation on the families themselves, particularly in an environment of limited family reunification possibilities. |
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