Shaping Experienced Immobility; A Study on Undocumented Migrant People and Migration Discourses in Mexico and the Netherlands
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2021-08-29
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Due to the rise of globalization, it is argued that the crossing of international borders is now easier than ever. However, strict visa requirements, immigration policies, and border controls have made it more difficult, if not impossible, for migrant people from certain nationalities to enter Europe or the USA by legal means. Therefore, many migrant people look for irregular ways to cross borders and become ‘undocumented’. As a consequence of being undocumented, migrant people are dependent on external factors, such as coyotes and sheltering organizations. Due to this dependence, the routes, means of transport, and destination areas are often negotiated along the way and periods of mobility are alternated with periods of immobility. This thesis aims to get a better understanding of the ways in which sheltering organizations shape the immobility experienced by the migrant people who are helped by them. This research will focus on the Dutch and Mexican migration discourses in which sheltering organizations operate and how those discourses are performed by the people working for and volunteering with those organizations. In order to achieve this objective, this research is based on data that is collected from four sheltering organizations: Casa Tochan, Casa Sol, Guest Foundation and SNDVU.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen