Spatial and social im/mobility in forced migration: revisiting class

Hunkler, Christian; Scharrer, Tabea; Suerbaum, Magdalena; Yanaşmayan, Zeynep

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2022.2123431

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“…We argue that we can enrich the important literature on ‘protracted displacement’ and the suggestion that migrants practice a form of ‘agency-in-waiting’, by adding in the concept of anchors as it expands and deepens our understanding of the processes at work. To date, contributions have focussed on how affective states, such as ‘hope’ (Brun, 2015), or on how social-class resources (Al Husein and Wagner, 2023; Hunkler et al, 2022) can help explain what drives such agency. We suggest that Grzymala-Kazlowska’s (2016, 2018) concept of anchors is extremely productive in helping to identify different kinds of external and internal factors that are can be tangible and/or more affective and subjective in nature, when seeking to make sense of how migrants engage with new living circumstances.…”

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“…Brzozowska’s (2023) research on the continuous cycles of labour migration between Ukraine and Poland over many years, also suggests that such imaginaries of emigration are seen as relatively commonplace in places facing higher levels of mobility as a starting condition. Finally, Hunkler et al (2022) examined the ways social class shaped forced migration trajectories. The contributions in their edited special issue make the argument that those with social-class resources linked to being middle- or upper middle-class in the countries they were displaced from, experience more successful physical and social mobility following forced migration.…”

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Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin

Maxwell,

Leybenson,

Yemini

2024

International Sociology

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 resulted in one of the largest refugee crises in Europe since World War II. A significant number of Ukrainian refugees, mostly women and children, have sought asylum in Germany, where they have been granted temporary protection status. These refugees found themselves in a state of protracted displacement, with uncertain futures. This article examines how middle-class Ukrainian women, with children, envision their futures and how this shapes their present. Engaging with the literature on protracted displacement and the concept of ‘agency-in-waiting’, we examine how this relatively privileged group variously respond to living in transit. To enable closer analysis of these variations, we extend examinations of protracted displacement with Grzymala-Kazlowska’s idea of anchors. This allows us to consider how previous social-class positioning, and also other external and internal structures in places migrated to, intersect to reveal the anchors facilitating or constraining ‘agency-in-waiting’.

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Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin

Maxwell,

Leybenson,

Yemini

2024

International Sociology

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“…As of February 2024, there were still about 300,000 Somali refugees registered in Kenya, about 315,000 in Ethiopia, and about 45,000 in Yemen (UNHCR 2024); in addition, about 2.9 million people were displaced within Somalia (Bakonyi and Chonka 2023, 3). From the late 1980s onward, Somalis also moved to Europe (mainly the UK and the Scandinavian countries) to apply for asylum or to North America through resettlement—a move influenced by socioeconomic class and gender but also chance (on class and forced migration, see Hunkler et al 2022; Scharrer and Suerbaum 2022). Other Somali forced migrants moved as workers and businesspeople to countries in closer vicinity, such as on the Arab peninsula (de Regt 2010).…”

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Of Mukhalas and Magafe: Somali Migrants Navigating the Dangers of Ransom Smuggling in Northern Africa

Scharrer

2023

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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In the late 2000s, after the implementation of European policies to prevent and criminalize irregular migration, a new form of human smuggling—ransom smuggling—appeared in North Africa. This article is an analysis of ransom smuggling of Somali migrants, based on anthropological fieldwork in Germany and Kenya. Ransom smuggling is dangerous and complex, involving both human smugglers and hostage takers, but I argue that Somali migrants—especially younger ones—make use of this form of smuggling despite its risks because it is cheaper and easier to organize than other options. I describe the major elements of Somali ransom smuggling, which involves transit through the Sahara and Libya. I focus on the various actors involved, and the responsibilities and burdens that accrue to the migrants who transit a system that accounts for their lives as commodities for trade.

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Establishing a probability sample in a crisis context: the example of Ukrainian refugees in Germany in 2022

Steinhauer,

Décieux,

Siegert

et al. 2024

AStA Wirtsch Sozialstat Arch

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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, more than one million refugees have arrived in Germany. These Ukrainian refugees differ in many aspects from Germany’s past forced migration experiences and there exists an urgent need for sound data and information for politics, practitioners, and academics. In response, the IAB-BiB/FReDA-BAMF-SOEP study was established to provide high-quality longitudinal data following a register-based probability sample. We detail on an approach for sampling refugees in brief time, making use of two different registers—the German population register and the central register of foreigners—and discuss the quality of the final sample with respect to potential selectivity of participation in the panel. Overall, we demonstrate the benefits and feasibility of establishing register-based samples even in the context of a geopolitical crisis and the necessity of sound data within brief time horizons. We provide guidance that can be followed for similar events in the future.

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Spatial and social im/mobility in forced migration: revisiting class

Cited by 19 publications

References 62 publications

Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin

Managing protracted displacement: How anchoring shapes ‘agency-in-waiting’ among middle-class Ukrainian female refugees in Berlin

Of Mukhalas and Magafe: Somali Migrants Navigating the Dangers of Ransom Smuggling in Northern Africa

Establishing a probability sample in a crisis context: the example of Ukrainian refugees in Germany in 2022

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