2010
DOI: 10.1002/psp.635
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Developing dynamic categorisations of transit migration

Abstract: This paper considers the ways in which the dynamic nature of transit migration may be captured in categories that provide a basis for developing our understanding of the phenomenon but do not attempt to artificially pin it down. The first section re‐examines common ways of categorising migrants and the second turns to existing research and activism around subjects of immigration in North Africa. The final section applies the common categorisations of the first section with the developing research considered in… Show more

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“…At first sight, the transit concepts meet this need as they are not part of a dichotomous pair and describe a process, rather than a static situation (Collyer & de Haas, 2012, p. 9). Yet, as Collyer and de Haas (2012) warn about, this is misleading because of the usual interpretation of the categories as linked to fixed aspirations and a fixed spatial outcome, which is ending up at the destination. As such, the transit concepts do not challenge, but actually reinforce the traditional conceptions of migration.…”
Section: The Transit Hypothesismentioning
confidence: 93%
“…At first sight, the transit concepts meet this need as they are not part of a dichotomous pair and describe a process, rather than a static situation (Collyer & de Haas, 2012, p. 9). Yet, as Collyer and de Haas (2012) warn about, this is misleading because of the usual interpretation of the categories as linked to fixed aspirations and a fixed spatial outcome, which is ending up at the destination. As such, the transit concepts do not challenge, but actually reinforce the traditional conceptions of migration.…”
Section: The Transit Hypothesismentioning
confidence: 93%
“…This finding is in line with the existing empirical evidence that aspirations to move on can disappear or are not necessarily converted into actual movement. Intend transit countries consequently become countries of destination (Collyer, 2007;Schapendonk and van Moppes, 2007;de Haas, 2007;Bredeloup, 2012;Collyer and de Haas, 2012). Therefore, these research findings cast considerable doubts on the appropriateness to characterize all sub-Saharan African migrants as so-called transit migrants.…”
Section: Objectives and Methodologymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…introducción En el marco de la gobernanza para las migraciones que involucra y agrupa a distintos actores para dar cabida a la problemática del con trol y la regulación de las poblaciones migrantes, además de un reto, ha sido una pauta en distintas agendas de discusiones conceptuales y críticas; sobre todo, en lo que se refiere a la politización del tema de la migración irregular (Düvell, 2005;2006a;2006b;Collyer, Düvell y De Hass, 2012), ampliamente incorporada por los países en sus políticas de población. En la actualidad la cuestión migratoria ha sido manejada de forma bastante holística y a menudo utiliza mecanismos fundamentados en las lógicas cada vez más técnicas y estadísticas para reafirmar los propósitos del capitalismo actual (Collyer y De Hass, 2008), que finalmente han servido para justificar el crecimiento de la migración, caracterizar los tipos de flujos y etiquetar la fuerza de trabajo migrante.…”
Section: Espacio De Fronteras Entre Instituciones Participativas Y MIunclassified
“…En la actualidad la cuestión migratoria ha sido manejada de forma bastante holística y a menudo utiliza mecanismos fundamentados en las lógicas cada vez más técnicas y estadísticas para reafirmar los propósitos del capitalismo actual (Collyer y De Hass, 2008), que finalmente han servido para justificar el crecimiento de la migración, caracterizar los tipos de flujos y etiquetar la fuerza de trabajo migrante.…”
Section: Espacio De Fronteras Entre Instituciones Participativas Y MIunclassified