Deconstructing borders

Mobility strategies of South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4904476
AutoresSarah Vancluysen (0000-0002-9612-0693, Institute of Development Policy University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium, autor correspondente)
Ano2022
Volume22
Fascículo1
Páginas20-35
Data de publicação2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoGlobal Networks (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1470-2266 • E-ISSN: 1471-0374
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/glob.12322
OpenAlexW3158476168
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas41

Taking the current presence of South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda as a case-study, this paper explores how different forms of mobility enable them to better cope with the harsh conditions caused by their displacement. Based on extensive field research, the results of this article show how for South Sudanese refugees, crossing borders can be empowering, although these complex strategies do not fit within the mutually exclusive 'durable solutions' proposed by the international refugee regime. Looking through a transnational lens, it is illustrated how different forms of movement enable the refugees to hold on to certain aspects of 'normal life', such as being employed, enacting customs and visiting loved ones, blurring the distinction between voluntary and forced migration. This results in a deepening of transnational networks as the generally large South Sudanese families find their members dispersed across Ugandan and South Sudanese town centres, villages, refugee settlements and third countries in Africa and elsewhere

Archaeology · Business · Development economics · Economic growth · Forced migration · Geography · Human settlement · Political science · Refugee · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology