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The Tunisian Migration Space

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Tunisia as a Revolutionized Space of Migration

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This chapter engages with new spaces of migration in Tunisia, consolidating in the aftermath of the Revolution and in the context of a global financial crisis: the emergence of a humanitarian regime and its hold over refugees’ lives; new routes of mobility to and out of Tunisia, with a focus on European migrants—mostly undocumented youth—in Tunisia; Tunisians who were residing in Europe and who spontaneously decided to return home; and Tunisian migrants’ mobility to the Gulf States. Building on ethnographic and archival research, our analysis revolves around four conceptual frameworks: the protean humanitarian border, mobilizing precarity in migration, autonomous return, and statistical invisibility.

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  1. School of Law, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK

    Glenda Garelli

  2. International Studies, DePaul University, Chicago, USA

    Glenda Garelli

  3. LAMES Center, University of Aix-Marseille Marseille, Provence, France

    Martina Tazzioli

  4. Geography Department, Swansea University, Swansea, UK

    Martina Tazzioli

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Garelli, G., Tazzioli, M. (2017). The Tunisian Migration Space. In: Tunisia as a Revolutionized Space of Migration. Mobility & Politics. Palgrave Pivot, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50587-3_2

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