States and Diasporas Facing Death in Migration

A Comparative Analysis of the Cases of Senegal and Tunisia before and during the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID2964902
AuthorsFélicien De Heusch (University of Liège), Carole Wenger (University of Liège), Jean‐michel Lafleur (0000-0002-8954-5167, University of Liège), Jean-Michel Lafleur
Year2022
Volume38
Issue1-2
Publication date2022-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevue européenne des migrations internationales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0765-0752 • E-ISSN: 1777-5418
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/remi.22720
OpenAlexW4383271063
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited51

What positions do states of origin and their diasporas take in relation to the “right” to body repatriation? By linking the literature on “death and migration” with the corpus of research on diasporas and transnationalism, this article analyses the relationship between emigrants and the authorities of their country of origin through the prism of death. It is based on a comparative survey of policies on body repatriation in twelve states and on ethnographic fieldwork on the mobilisation of associative networks of Senegalese and Tunisian emigrants around the “right” to body repatriation before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. By proposing the notion of a double rejection of “COVID bodies” by the states of residence and origin during the pandemic, this article draws on the concept of moral economy in the analysis of diaspora policies

Art · Diaspora · Emigration · Ethnography · Ethnology · Humanities · Political science · Repatriation · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Healthcare Systems and Practices · Law · Migration, Identity, and Health · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender

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