Mobilities
Volume 13, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 861-875

Grasping the meaning of integration in an era of (forced) mobility: ethnographic insights from an informal refugee camp (Article)

Mavrommatis G.*
  • a Department of Geography, Harokopio University, Kallithea, Athens, Greece

Abstract

The European refugee ‘crisis’ changed the migration dynamics of many EU member states. As a result of this mass movement of refugees, the Western Balkan Route was formed. Along this way, temporary settlement camps were created to cater to the needs of people on the move. This article is based on ethnographic fieldwork that took place at the port of Piraeus (Athens, Greece) camp. Through insights from participant observation, it brings to the fore imaginaries of movement and inclusion in Central and North-Western European societies along with acts of temporary local integration as a result of arrested mobilities on the ground. © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Author Keywords

Refugees aspirations camp imaginary unfinished journeys en route integration

Index Keywords

mobility ethnography social movement Attica refugee Greece Piraeus Athens [Attica] European Union migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85052116510&doi=10.1080%2f17450101.2018.1500098&partnerID=40&md5=32b26a2b3359d84384359e47878dc72f
DOI: 10.1080/17450101.2018.1500098
ISSN: 17450101
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English