The Reconfiguration of Mediterranean migratory Routes since the war in Syria. A focus on the “Egyptian route” to Italy

Eastern Mediterranean mobilities after the Arab Spring: transformations over time or sudden change?

“…Is there a clear connection between the Arab Spring and the demand for freedom of mobility and dignity of migrants? It is possible to discuss a transformation of the political identity of refugees and, more particularly, a new claim for political identity in the way that Denaro (2014), Özden (2014) and Ruiz de Elvira (2014a) discuss? Ruiz de Elvira (2014a) argues that policies should be contemplated in a broad sense 24 and that actors who claim to be apolitical (gheyr siyasi) but are de facto political should be looked at closely, especially in her case study of the politicization of assistance to Syrian refugees, where charitable work can also mean resistance.…”