Understanding Migrant Decisions: From Sub-Saharan Africa to the Mediterranean Region

Tendayi Bloom (Editor), Belechew Gebrewold (Editor)

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Abstract

Examining how changing conditions in the Mediterranean Region have affected the decisions of those considering migrating from Sub-Saharan Africa to or through the Region, this book represents an important and overdue contribution to international policy-making and academic discourse. In current discussions relating to this migration phenomenon, the complexity of individual decision-making is often left unacknwoeldged, so that subsequent policy responses draw upon simplified models. In this volume, individual decision-making takes central stage by bringing together chapters that demonstrate very different types of decision-making frameworks. In this project, it is highlighted that people move for a variety of reasons such as being affected by conflict and insecurity, by economic pressures, and by desire for other forms of enrichment. Throughotu, the book's contributors find that events in the Mediterranean cannot be considered alone in understanding migration decision-making from Sub-Saharan Africa, but as part of an increasingly complicated global system not encompassed by one simplified theory or by looking at one regional context in isolation. Knowing why individual people are moving and how they decide upon which routes to take can help to ensure policy that promotes safer travel options, or makes genuine alternatives to migration available.
Original languageEnglish
PublisherRoutledge
Number of pages243
ISBN (Electronic)9781315549156
ISBN (Print)9781138361201, 9781472482761
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Migration

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