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Forced Migration in Transit: Migrant Experiences of Organized Violence in Mexico and Turkey

Forced Migration in Transit: Migrant Experiences of Organized Violence in Mexico and Turkey

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in Development, Mobilities and Migration

CriminologyGeneral Political ScienceImmigration & Refugees

ISBN10: 1032750863
ISBN13: 9781032750866
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Jul 19 2024
Pages: 226
Weight: 1.13
Height: 0.56 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This book compares the life courses of forced migrants in two of the world's most important transit countries: Turkey and Mexico. It examines the local, regional, and global contexts of their experiences, trajectories, and biographical projects, caught between return, stay, and forward movement.

Forced migration has increased rapidly around the world in recent years, with Mexico and Turkey experiencing particularly high numbers of migrants, as conflict, violence, authoritarian regimes, environmental disasters, economic instability, lack of opportunity, and generalized violence have driven people to leave their homes in search of a better life. With a special focus on organized violence, this book analyzes the specific impact of organized violence on the trajectories and biographies of forced migrants, situating these life courses in the political, economic, cultural, and social contexts of the countries of origin (Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria; El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) and in the country of transit (Turkey and Mexico). Using extensive original empirical data and analysis, it argues that forced migration is a long-lasting social process based on everyday actions and social practices throughout the migration trajectory.

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