Essays about: "border-crossing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the word border-crossing.

  1. 1. Self-Selection and Wage Consequences among Undocumented Central American Migrants in the United States - The Case of Nicaraguan, Guatemalan, and Salvadorian Migrants

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Beyhan Vurgun; [2022]
    Keywords : Migration; NACARA; Nicaragua; Guatemala; El Salvador; United States; Self-Selection; Wages; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : After the U.S. intervention, civil wars, and growing violence during the late 20th century, migration from the Central American countries to the U.S. READ MORE

  3. 2. 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

  4. 3. Peruvian Trainee Teachers as Mestizas. Pedagogies of Tolerance and Respect Towards Gay and Lesbian People

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Magrith Mena Portocarrero; [2020]
    Keywords : Tolerance; Respect; Standpoint theory; Gay; Lesbian; Engaged pedagogy; Mestiza consciousness; Nos otras; Gender binary discourse; Border crossing; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Given the polarized political context in Peru that was provoked by the inclusion of LGTBIQ+ identities in the official school curriculum, this study analyzes the meanings that students of pedagogy in Lima ascribe to tolerance and respect towards gay and lesbian people, and how these meanings inform their pedagogical practices. Based on two focus groups and eight individual interviews grounded in standpoint theory, this study engages in a dialogue with the work of Wendy Brown regarding tolerance. READ MORE

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. "The City is Yours": Desegregation and Sharing Space in Post-Conflict Belfast

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Alec Forss; [2018]
    Keywords : borders; space; ethnicity; peace wall; interface; Belfast; identity; shared space; segregation; Protestants; Catholics; paramilitary;

    Abstract : This study examines how borders are socially produced and deconstructed in “post-conflict” North Belfast. Twenty years after the signing of the historic Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland, a peace model lauded for the resolution of conflicts worldwide, Belfast today remains a highly divided city with the existence of numerous segregation barriers, among them so-called peace walls, physically separating Protestant from Catholic neighbourhoods. READ MORE