Moving across juridical territories in Europe

Essays on the decision- making processes of irregularised migrants over the course of their migration trajectories

“…Beyond access to legal status and rights (which is discussed below in relation to migration-specific policy interventions), broader socio-economic conditions prove critical to decision-making. Aspirations for onwards movement are driven by a lack of livelihood opportunities, poor working conditions, poor living conditions, the experience of discrimination and abuse, and the threat of violence (Borri, 2019;Crawley & Hagen-Zanker, 2019;Kuschminder, 2018Kuschminder, , 2021Mallett & Hagen-Zanker, 2018;Syed Zwick, 2022;Torfa et al, 2021;Zeleke, 2019). For those fleeing persecution or other violence in their country of origin, ties between people (such as government officials, and criminal or kinship networks) in the country of origin and the country of current residence or transit may mean that an individual migrant feels vulnerable to identification and renewed persecution or reprisals (Crawley & Hagen-Zanker, 2019;Galemba et al, 2021).…”