Katie Kuschminder

Migration Research & Policy Analysis

Before disembarkation: Eritrean and Nigerian migrants journeys within Africa

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The final article from my Rubicon research project has just been published open access in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration studies. This was the first article I wrote from the study results, but the last to be published! Here is the abstract: This paper examines the experiences of Nigerian and Eritrean migrants on their journeys from their origin country to prior to disembarkation across the Mediterranean Sea in Libya. This paper builds on the work of Vigh (2006) in the social … [Read more...]

Once a Destination for Migrants, Post-Gaddafi Libya Has Gone from Transit Route to Containment

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Thanks to excellent editorial support from Julian Hattan, this feature has been posted on the Migration Information Source of the Migration Policy Institute. AUGUST 6, 2020 Migrants aboard a rubber vessel are rescued in the Mediterranean. (Photo: Irish Defence Forces) African and Middle Eastern migration flows to Libya and the country’s posture toward these migrants have changed dramatically since the 2011 fall of dictator Muammar Gaddafi. While Libya … [Read more...]

New Article: Evaluations of Return Within A Mass Deportation: Ethiopians’ Experiences of Return After Expulsion From Saudi Arabia

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Together with Zoe Ogahara and Iman Rajabzadeh, this article has been published in International Migration and will hopefully be part of a special issue on Reintegration that I have been co-editing with Ine Lietaert. The article is open access and available here. Many thanks to the ILO Ethiopia for sharing with us this great dataset and to Aida Awel and Kidist Getachew for valuable comments on the paper. The situation is quickly changing in Ethiopia, but deportations and return are likely to … [Read more...]

Migration Studies Delegation Sweden: 10 Observations on Reintegration

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In February, I had the pleasure to deliver a keynote speech at the Migration Studies Delegation (DELMI) workshop on Return and Reintegration in Stockholm. As I struggled to organize my presentation, my esteemed colleague Maarten Vink gave a great talk at our institute on 10 observations on citizenship naturalization. This approach inspired my presentation on 10 observations on reintegration. My 10 Observations on Reintegration can be briefly summarized as: 1. Multiple approaches to … [Read more...]

Video: Crimes Against Humanity in Libya

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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...]