The big gamble : the migration of Eritreans to Europe /

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"Every year, tens of thousands of Eritreans risk their lives making perilous voyages across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea. Why do they face such an ordeal to reach European countries where long-term prospects are often dismal? The Big Gamble is a vivid ethnography about one of the most under...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Belloni, Milena, 1985- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Eritreans > Social aspects > Europe.
Africans > Migrations > Social aspects.
Érythréens > Aspect social > Europe.
Africains > Migrations > Aspect social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Europe.
Europe
africa.
blurred boundaries.
camps.
emotions.
eritrea.
eritreans.
ethiopia.
european countries.
families.
family expectations.
family homes.
forced migration.
hardships.
italy.
mediterranean sea.
refugee populations.
refugees.
risk their lives.
smugglers.
smuggling.
sudan.
transnational marriages.
urban peripheries.
visa officers.
voluntary migration.
voyages.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • When migration becomes the norm
  • Hyper-mobile and immobile: diverse responses to protracted displacement in Ethiopia and Sudan
  • An endless journey: transnational and peer pressure in onwards migration in Europe
  • The moralities of border crossing: inside the world of smuggling and transnational marriages
  • Entrapped: making sense of high-risk migration through gambling.

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