The game : the economy of undocumented migration from Afghanistan to Europe /
"What social relationships and economic interactions facilitate the crossing of borders for people to seek asylum? This book follows the migration trajectory from Afghanistan to Germany, examining each stage of the journey through Iran, Turkey, Greece, and along the so-called Balkan route. Thro...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in migration and citizenship
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "What social relationships and economic interactions facilitate the crossing of borders for people to seek asylum? This book follows the migration trajectory from Afghanistan to Germany, examining each stage of the journey through Iran, Turkey, Greece, and along the so-called Balkan route. Through this, the book accompanies a group of Afghan girlfriends, families, and young men as they are being smuggled together along the route to seek asylum and safety. It thereby conceptualizes and theorizes the entire trajectory from the country of origin to the destination using a multi-sited ethnographic approach. By bridging economic sociology and migration studies, the book aims to provide insights into the economic interactions and social relationships essential for acquiring, saving, borrowing, spending, and exchanging money to facilitate undocumented migration. It contextualizes these social relationships along the route through the lenses of debt, special monies, bribes, alms, and gift-giving. Throughout the migration journey, relationships with family, fellow migrants, smugglers, humanitarian actors, and border control officials shape and are shaped by access to financial resources. Through its ethnography, the book highlights the struggles of undocumented border-crossing and delves into the core of what it means to flee: Who has the means to escape dangerous conditions and seek asylum, and who remains trapped due to a lack of financial resources or supportive social networks?"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (unpaged) : color map. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197812310 0197812317 9780197812297 0197812295 9780197812303 0197812309 |