Political Activism Between Journey and Settlement: Irregular Migrant Mobilisation in Morocco

Üstübici, Ayşen

doi:10.1080/14650045.2015.1104302

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“…From a geographical perspective, externalization practices can be studied by investigating their influence on mobility routes, migration systems and directions of migration (Shapendonk, 2011). Externalization processes may also alter societal relations between migrants and citizens and impact on cultural practices, values and community relations in origin, transit and destination countries, on which sociologists and anthropologists focus (Stock, 2019;Suter, 2012;Üstübici, 2016). The articles in this Special Issue further provide empirical evidence from different perspectives on how mechanisms and actors of externalization interact to construct particular spaces of governance and contestations on different levels of analysis.…”

Section: How To Study Externalization(s)mentioning

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Externalization at work: responses to migration policies from the Global South

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Üstübici

Schultz

2019

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The term "externalization" is used by a range of migration scholars, policy makers and the media to describe the extension of border and migration controls beyond the so-called 'migrant receiving nations' in the Global North and into neighboring countries or sending states in the Global South. It refers to a wide range of practices from controls of borders, rescue operations, to measures addressing the drivers of migration. The ambition of this Special Issue is to contribute to the mapping of the responses to externalization dynamics. The different articles in this volume are chosen to exemplify some of these processes at different levels of analysis. Through diverse disciplinary perspectives, the authors show how practices of externalization are being confronted, succumbed, modified and contested by individual (would-be) migrants, civil society actors and the host states' institutions in different parts of the globe. In an effort to move away from a sole focus on border zones in the Global North, the Special Issue contributes to emerging literature shifting the locus of analysis to places in the Global South, which are conventionally understood as "transit" or "sending" countries in Africa, America as well as within Europe itself.

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Section: How To Study Externalization(s)mentioning

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Externalization at work: responses to migration policies from the Global South

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Üstübici

Schultz

2019

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“…The case of Morocco sets a concrete example for understanding to what extent the relationship between civil society and the state in migration governance is formed due to rising demands and mobilizations from below and the impact of foreign policy, particularly the enhancement of the EU‐Morocco partnership (Üstübici, ; Cherti and Collyer, ). Similar to the Moroccan case, Turkey's migratory policy has changed in line with the shift in foreign policy negotiations with the European Union and in relations with neighbouring countries in the region, especially Syria.…”

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A Faithful Alliance Between the Civil Society and the State: Actors and Mechanisms of Accommodating Syrian Refugees in Istanbul

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Nazlı

2018

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Reception, hospitality and integration are certainly the main challenges of the contemporary world, particularly for countries like Turkey which hosts more than 3 million refugees from Syria. The aim of this article is to analyze the reception practices of civil society organizations and the nature of these bodies’ relationship with state agencies by focusing on Sultanbeyli, a peripheral district of Istanbul. Based on a fieldwork conducted in this district, we present the functioning of various state and non‐state actors in order to uncover not only the role of NGOs, but also the nature of the relations between them and the state in terms of governance of refugee reception in Turkey. We thus argue that the reception of Syrian refugees is undertaken by a “faithful” alliance between the state and certain NGOs, a partnership where civil society assumes a supporting role to the state in refugee reception.

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“…This has led some to denounce Morocco's acting as the 'gendarme of Europe' (Belguendouz 2005: 178), although recent changes illustrate both how Moroccan migration politics is entangled with wider geo-political issues (Cherti and Collyer 2015) and the extent to which Moroccan civil society has been able to foster changes in policies of migration, notably thanks to advocacy work between national NGOs, international networks such as MIGREUROP and migrants' own organisations (Üstübici 2016;Bachelet In Press). 10 The signature of a mobility partnership agreement between Morocco and the EU in 2013 occurred at a time of intensified repression against migrants and increased mobilisation amongst activists and NGOs.…”

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‘Wastingmbeng’: Adventure and Trust Amongst sub-Saharan Migrants in Morocco

Bachelet

2018

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This article examines how irregular migrants from Central and Western Africa stranded in Morocco forged tenuous but essential relationships in the face of hostile and violent border politics constraining their mobility and resulting in systematic infringement of their rights. I examine the basis of trust amongst migrants in Morocco, who called themselves 'adventurers' on a quest for the 'objective' (e.g. 'finding their lives', usually through getting into Europe). Although most of them had embarked on individual journeys, they regularly needed to cooperate in order to face arduous living conditions and attempt crossing the border into Spain. The article demonstrates how trust was entangled not only with hostile migration politics but with regular moral conundrums as migrants needed to manage a balance between collaborating with other migrants and reaching their own 'objective'.

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Political Activism Between Journey and Settlement: Irregular Migrant Mobilisation in Morocco

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Externalization at work: responses to migration policies from the Global South

Externalization at work: responses to migration policies from the Global South

A Faithful Alliance Between the Civil Society and the State: Actors and Mechanisms of Accommodating Syrian Refugees in Istanbul

‘Wastingmbeng’: Adventure and Trust Amongst sub-Saharan Migrants in Morocco

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