The book Forced Migration in Transit out! It was edited by our ForMOVe members and research partners Ludger Pries, Stephanie Schütze, Ximena Alba Villalever and Berna Şafak Zülfikar Savcı.

First published 2024 by Routledge 

Abstract

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.

CONTENT

1 Introduction: Forced migration in transit and organized violence – a research agenda

LUDGER PRIES

2 Guiding questions, design of research and methodology

LUDGER PRIES

3 Migration regimes and forced migration in Mexico and Turkey 

XIMENA ALBA VILLALEVER AND BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI

4 Biographical narratives of forced migrants in the context of organized violence 

STEPHANIE SCHÜTZE

5 Life worlds, biographies and experiences with violence of forced migrants in comparison  

XIMENA ALBA VILLALEVER

6 Profiles and socio-demographics of forced migrants in comparison

BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI

7 Organized violence within (im)mobilities: situations and perceptions of forced migrants in comparison

XIMENA ALBA VILLALEVER AND BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI

8. Integrating quantitative and qualitative analysis in the study of forced migration

LUDGER PRIES AND BERNA ŞAFAK ZÜLFİKAR SAVCI

9. Conclusion

LUDGER PRIES AND STEPHANIE SCHÜTZE

You can check more information about the book by clicking here.