Time, Migration and Forced Immobility - Sub-Saharan African Migrants in Morocco

This book is concerned with the effects of migration policy making in Europe on migrants in the Global South and links insights on immobility to social theories of time to examine the human consequences of current migration dynamics from the perspectives of migrants themselves. Based on in-depth ethnographic research, this is an invaluable learning resource that aims to challenge current international migration politics and policy-making.

List of contents

Introduction
EU Externalization Policies and their Impact on Migrants in Morocco
Travelling Adventures: Migration as an Existential Quest
Arriving in Morocco: Becoming Trapped in a Context of Uncertainty
Facing Time and the Absurd
Migrant Communities in Morocco
Waiting in Desperate Hope
Conclusion

About the author

Inka Stock is a researcher in Migration, Transnationalism and Development in the faculty of Sociology at Bielefeld University.

Summary

This book is concerned with the effects of migration policy making in Europe on migrants in the Global South and is based on in-depth ethnographic research in Morocco with migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Inka Stock
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781529201970
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-0197-0
• No. of pages: 204
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 476 g
• Series: Global migration and social change; Global Migration and Social Ch
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung, Soziale Mobilität