Deadly Seascapes
Navigating the Anti-Refugee Machine in the Central Mediterranean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2968090 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Abby C Wheatley (0009-0008-5688-8527, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 73-88 |
| Publication date | 2025-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Migration and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2574-1306 • E-ISSN: 2574-1314 |
| Publisher | Berghahn Books (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.3167/arms.2025.0122of6 |
| OpenAlex | W4414012154 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
In this article, I bring together the Autonomy of Migration (AOM) approach with the Anti-Refugee Machine (ARM) framework to examine the lived experience of migrants rescued in the Central Mediterranean and disembarked in Lampedusa, an Italian island between Tunisia and Sicily. I contend that the Mediterranean Sea is transformed into a deadly weapon through restrictive immigration policies, militarized policing, and enforcement measures to manage migrant mobilities. However, in this context-where migrants risk death to continue life-I also argue that migrant journeys cannot simply be read through a politics of death. Migrants navigate and challenge their exclusion by activating and utilizing the complex rescue and reception apparatus managed by Italy and the EU, and sometimes effectively steer the ARM for their own benefit
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |