Forced Migration in Transit

Migrant Experiences of Organized Violence in Mexico and Turkey

Ludger Pries, Stephanie Schütze, Ximena Alba Villalever, Berna Safak Zülfikar Savci

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN: 9781032750866
• eBook ISBN: 9781040102145
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: European Politics
• Index: Social Sciences

This book compares the life courses of forced migrants in two of the world's most important transit countries: Turkey and Mexico. It examines the local, regional, and global contexts of their experiences, trajectories, and biographical projects, caught between return, stay, and forward movement.

Forced migration has increased rapidly around the world in recent years, with Mexico and Turkey experiencing particularly high numbers of migrants, as conflict, violence, authoritarian regimes, environmental disasters, economic instability, lack of opportunity, and generalized violence have driven people to leave their homes in search of a better life. With a special focus on organized violence, this book analyzes the specific impact of organized violence on the trajectories and biographies of forced migrants, situating these life courses in the political, economic, cultural, and social contexts of the countries of origin (Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria; El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) and in the country of transit (Turkey and Mexico). Using extensive original empirical data and analysis, it argues that forced migration is a long-lasting social process based on everyday actions and social practices throughout the migration trajectory.

Systematically comparing two of the world's most important transit countries, this book will be of interest to researchers in the fields of migration, politics, international relations, and sociology.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Preface
• Acronyms
• 1 Introduction: Forced migration in transit and organized violence – a research agenda
• 2 Guiding questions, design of research, and methodology
• 3 Migration regimes and forced migration in Mexico and Turkey
• 4 Biographical narratives of forced migrants in the context of organized violence
• 5 Life worlds, biographies and experiences with violence of forced migrants in comparison
• 6 Profiles and sociodemographics of forced migrants in comparison
• 7 Organized violence within (im)mobilities: Situations and perceptions of forced migrants in comparison
• 8 Integrating quantitative and qualitative analysis in the study of forced migration
• 9 Conclusion
• Index