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Author Belloni, Milena, 1985- author.

Title The big gamble : the migration of Eritreans to Europe / Milena Belloni.

Publication Info. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary "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-researched refugee populations today and their efforts to escape chronic crisis. Author Milena Belloni visited family homes in Eritrea and lived with refugees in camps and urban peripheries across Ethiopia, Sudan and Italy to untangle the multiple reasons behind current migration from the Horn of Africa to Europe. Chronic crisis back home, limited prospects in the country of initial asylum, as well as transnational family expectations push migrants in complex journeys across countries and continents. Balancing encounters with refugees and their families, smugglers, and visa officers, The Big Gamble contributes to ongoing debates about blurred boundaries between forced and voluntary migration, the complications of transnational marriages, the social matrix of smuggling, and the role of family expectations, emotions, and values in migrants' choices of destinations. The book reveals how shared imagination and morality are critical to understanding the trajectories and the motivations of those willing to risk everything for asylum in Europe"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Eritreans -- Social aspects -- Europe.
Africans -- Migrations -- Social aspects.
Europe.
Europe
Érythréens -- Aspect social -- Europe.
Africains -- Migrations -- Aspect social.
Europe.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Europe
Indexed Term 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.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Belloni, Milena, 1985- The big gamble Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019] 9780520298705 (DLC) 2019021373
ISBN 0520970756
0520298705 (paperback)
9780520298705
9780520970755 (electronic bk.)
Standard No. 10.1525/9780520970755 doi
AU@ 000072016669
AU@ 000066785530

 
    
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