For our article published in January in Antipode, Anna Triandafyllidou and I had this video put together that explains the main points of our research. Script: The violence and abuse that migrants face in Libya is widely known. Yet, how do we understand this situation within migration concepts? Are migrants’ victims of human smuggling, of human trafficking, or neither in Libya? In this paper, we look specifically at the experiences of Eritrean migrants coming to Italy via Libya. This … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2020
New Project: WUN Gendering Migration: Women and Girls Experiences of Gender-based discrimination, abuse and violence across migratory stages
I am excited to have received a World Universities Network (WUN) Research Development Fund (RDF) funding for the project: Women and Girls Experiences of Gender-based discrimination, abuse and violence across migratory stages. This project brings together an excellent team of international researchers from: University of Bristol; University of Cape Town; University of Massachusetts Amherst; National Cheng Kung University; The University of Western Australia, Vrie University in Amsterdam, and the … [Read more...]