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Stuck in Mobility? Interrupted Journeys of Migrants With Precarious Legal Status in Europe

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ID7882145
AuthorsAnna Wy (0000-0002-7533-0640, University of Neuchâtel, corresponding author)
Year2019
Volume17
Issue1
Pages77-93
Publication date2019-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1556-2948 • E-ISSN: 1556-2956
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15562948.2018.1514091
OpenAlexW2910073393
LanguageEN
Citations received64
References cited24

Due to lack of access to work and support services migrants with precarious legal status engage in onward mobility within EUrope and thus contest the migration regime that aims to control and limit their mobility. This article highlights the ambiguous nature of mobility from a critical mobilities perspective based on multi-sited ethnographic research and interviews with migrants in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. By focusing on their interrupted journeys, the article shows how migrants use mobility to secure basic needs and avoid migration control attempts and how this enhanced mobility aggravates emotional instability

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Citations per year9,14
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
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