International Migration
Volume 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 133-149

Voices of Nigerian women survivors of trafficking held in Italian centres for identification and expulsion (Article)

Esposito F. , Quinto C.R. , De Masi F. , Gargano O. , Costa P.A.
  • a BeFree Cooperativa Sociale contro tratta, violenza, discriminazioni, Rome, Italy, ISPA-University Institute, Portugal
  • b BeFree Cooperativa Sociale contro tratta, violenza, discriminazioni, Rome, Italy
  • c BeFree Cooperativa Sociale contro tratta, violenza, discriminazioni, Rome, Italy
  • d BeFree Cooperativa Sociale contro tratta, violenza, discriminazioni, Rome, Italy
  • e ISPA-University Institute, Portugal

Abstract

This article examines the vicissitudes that affect the migration trajectories of many Nigerian women who experienced trafficking before arriving in Italy, and end up in Centers for Identification and Expulsion (CIE) for undocumented migrants. Their life stories, collected within the CIE of Ponte Galeria (Rome), revealed violence as “a rule of action” with which these women are obliged to cope with at different levels. Moreover, they highlighted the failure of traditional security approaches to human trafficking, and the necessity to rethink the measures adopted to ensure survivors' protection and rights. As it is conceived, the system of immigration control prevents the full guarantee of survivors' rights, often labelling them as “illegal migrants”. Finally, there is the need to extend protection to all survivors of human trafficking even if the crime against them has not happened in Italy. © 2016 The Authors. International Migration.

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Index Keywords

international migration Italy Roma [Lazio] illegal immigrant human rights Lazio African immigrant Rome immigration trafficking
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84978141525&doi=10.1111%2fimig.12253&partnerID=40&md5=58f5f3cfe80c24e0ab72119c76dba845
DOI: 10.1111/imig.12253
ISSN: 00207985
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English