Migration routes and transnational networks and institutions
Symposium and PhD course, organized by IMISCOE standing committee on Interaction of Migrant Integration and Transnationalism (IMITE) & Research group Citizenship, Migration and the City (CIMIC), Erasmus University Rotterdam
Topic of the Symposium and PhD-course
As existing research shows, the routes migrants take in their journey from origin to destination country are often not fixed and planned in advance. Particularly when migrants meet unexpected obstacles (closed borders, etc.) on their journey, they have to improvise, adjust their migration routes or even change their destination. Refugees and other migrants to Europe often follow “stepwise migration routes”: first from origin countries to intermediate stations such as Turkey or Libya, then trying to reach the southern shores of Europe and finally going up north. Moreover, many migrants leave their home country without having fixed ideas about where they are heading to and how they will get there. We are particularly interested in the role of information and support provided by transnational networks or institutions (including human smugglers) in how migrants organize their journey and overcome obstacles during their travel to Europe.
Keynote lectures at the Symposium will be given by (among others) Prof. Heaven Crawley (Conventry University), Dr. Katie Kuschminder (European University Institute, Florence) and Dr. Joris Schapendonk (Nijmegen University).
Venue: Rotterdam
Date: 08-10 November 2017
