Chapter 4. Reshaping Living Space Concepts of Home Represented by Women Migrants Working in St. Petersburg

Brednikova, Olga; Tkach, Olga

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“…Thus, migrants attempt to find their place in social and economic contexts that are often characterised by racism and where everyday worries trigger feelings of insecurity and inability to look forward and give meaning to one's life. This more abstract notion of 'homing' and place-making combines a threefold conceptualisation of 'home' -home as the symbol of identity, home as private (closed) space, and home as public (open/closed) space (Brednikova & Tkach, 2010;Buffel & Phillipson, 2016;Ralph & Staheli, 2011;Virkkunen, 2017). For many migrants, living a precarious existence in overcrowded flats without privacy and secure employment, combined with structural and everyday racism, corruption and feelings of inequality are key obstacles in adapting to the new environment.…”

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Migration Strategies at the Time of a Crisis: Asylum Applicants in Finland

Virkkunen

Koikkalainen

Piipponen

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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During the 2015-2016 ‘migration crisis’ in Europe, more than 38.000 asylum seekers found their way to Finland by travelling through South and Central Europe and from Russia through the Arctic route. In this chapter, we examine the ‘migration crisis’ as a combination of different forms of crises. We focus on the perspective of the asylum applicants: In which ways do ‘crises’ function as drivers of migration for the people on the move? The analysis is based on two sets of qualitative data collected: 18 official asylum application protocols of Syrian migrants who came to Finland through Northern Russia and so-called the Arctic route and 25 interviews with Iraqi asylum seekers. We argue that the possibilities to settle in, and build a home and sentiments of belonging are dependent on the ability to feel secure in one’s everyday life, trust the system and be able to see a future in that place. The failure of this manifests as two types of crises in the lives of our informants: a crisis of trust, and a personal ontological crisis of existence.

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confidence: 99%