“…As a point of closure, which is also a point of departure for new understandings about urban spaces of irregular migrants, we can return to Lafazani (2018:904), who, in one of her reflections on City Plaza, has written that “one of the greatest accomplishments of the project has been that, for hundreds of people, it has transformed what is a transitory period of their lives—an intermediate period of uncertainty, loneliness, intense insecurity, anxiety, and worry—into a time that also offers a sense of community, creativity, security, joy, and optimism”. While precarious urban spaces of departure such as City Plaza and the Jungle should not be idealised, they have provided support and a sense of presence for people stuck on the move until they managed to successfully depart.…”