Essays about: "Border Crossing Experiences"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Border Crossing Experiences.

  1. 1. Being Pushed Forward and Back; : Immigrant Experiences on Mass Migration Movement at Turkish-Greek Border in 2020.

    University essay from

    Author : Yusuf sahiner; [2022]
    Keywords : Turkish-Greek Border; irregular migration; immigrant experiences; AoM; pushback;

    Abstract : Tens of thousands of migrants headed for the Greece-EU border line immediately after the Turkish Government's decision that it would not prevent third-country nationals wishing to cross into Europe in early spring 2020. This study examines the primary motivations of immigrants and their experiences in encountering Turkish and Greek security forces during the period in question. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of the smuggler. A study on immigrants who reached Europe through the means of irregular facilitators

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Roxana Olariu; [2019]
    Keywords : human smuggling; migration; border; smuggling of migrants; border-crossing; irregular migration;

    Abstract : The thesis aims to investigate the role of human smuggling in migration, and specifically, the part played by the figure of the facilitators. The study was conducted through qualitative research based on semi-structured interviews: six people who reached Europe through the assistance of smugglers were interviewed in three different countries – Germany, Italy and Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Crossing borders, creating boundaries : Identity making of the Angolan diaspora residing in the border town of Rundu, northern Namibia

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

    Author : Emelie Danielsson; [2016]
    Keywords : Border; boundary; identity; Namibia; Angola; diaspora; migration; colonialism; independence struggle; civil war; proxy war;

    Abstract : This Bachelor’s thesis explores the relationship between borders, boundaries and migration, and their effect on identity making from a diasporic perspective. The study focuses on notions of national, regional, cultural, tribal and ethnic identity, and set in relation to the influence borders and boundarieshave on these processes. READ MORE

  5. 4. A World of Checkpoints : Border Crossing Experiences of Palestinian Refugees from Syria in Lebanon

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Mette Lundsfryd Heide-Jørgensen; [2014]
    Keywords : Oral History; Palestinian refugees from Syria; Border Closing; Border Spaces; Forced Migration; Border Crossing Experiences; Participatory Ethnographic Observation; Decolonizing Methodologies; Racialized Rigthlessness; Statelessness; Lebanon; Syria; Yarmouk; Khan Esheikh; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Through violence, war, and persecution millions of people are forced to cross borders to escape death. Yet, worldwide discriminatory state practices daily deny millions of forced migrants access to safe territory. Among those crossing borders are persons without the right to carry travel documents as members of a state. READ MORE

  6. 5. Transnational Entrepreneurs: Exploiting of opportunities through networks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Catherine Uju Ugochukwu Okechukwu; [2012]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : These theoretical reflections addresses the question of how networks can contribute to opportunity development among transnational entrepreneurs and an understanding of how transnational entrepreneurs come to be embedded in existing networks operating their home, host or even global market. Transnational entrepreneurs considered as immigrant entrepreneurs who conduct border-crossing business activities could facilitate development through exploiting opportunities in a globalizing economy. READ MORE