Embarking on an Anthropology of Removal

Deportation Stigma and Re-migration

“…More recently, as the literature on deportation has expanded significantly, authors have examined the stigmatisation of those who are deported (Drotbohm 2011a(Drotbohm , 2014Galvin, 2014;Peutz 2006Peutz , 2010Brotherton and Barrios 2009;Zilberg 2004). Brotherton and Barrios suggest that 'the experience of stigma is probably the most difficult social and psychological issue confronting deportees ' (2009, 43).…”

“…Young men in Paris after re-migrating post-deportation spoke bitterly of their families' lack of comprehension of what they had suffered en route to and in Europe (Schuster and Majidi 2013). As noted by Peutz (2006) and Khosravi (2009) often (though not always) the assumption is that they must have been doing drugs or stealing, and the injustice of these suspicions is keenly felt.…”

European Somali Children Dumped? On families, parents, and children in a transnational context

“…Somali familyhood is characterised by transnationality (Al-Sharmani, 2006Engebrigtsen, 2007Engebrigtsen, , 2011Peutz, 2006;Tiilikainen 2011). The transnational character of the global clan network is essential for the formation of strategies: Somalis maintain family relations across borders, struggling for better future opportunities for their families despite the civil war in Somalia, deportations from western countries, and other forms of hardship.…”

Imagining a future in ‘bush’: migration aspirations at times of crisis in Anglophone Cameroon

“…former home countries) have found, in very different contexts, that deportees tend to struggle to successfully integrate and adjust to the place they Downloaded by [Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam] at 07:29 01 October 2013 have been deported to, and that most intend to return to the place they had formerly lived (Zilberg 2004, Peutz 2006, Coutin 2007, Brotherton 2008, Hagan et al 2008, Galvin 2012). …”