Humor is widely recognized as a fundamental aspect of the human experience, that has also
played a vital role in the way marginalized groups comment on and mock power. Yet, in …

This article explores how former refugee men position their desirability as they un-settle in
European countries. The masculine performance of desirability is examined through the …

Over a period of eight years, in order to apply for asylum on mainland Greece most
applicants had to first pre-register by calling the Greek Asylum Service on Skype. Due to …

This special issue explores the concept of refusal through academic and personal
reflections, conversation, poetry, activism, and performative practice. In this introduction, we …

esearch has shown that women with insecure immigration statuses in the United Kingdom
(UK) are more likely to register later in their pregnancy with National Health Service (NHS) …

Migrants have largely been viewed as forging solidaristic relationships in host countries as a
response to unwelcoming attitudes from local populations. Yet, because they are gendered …

S'appuyant sur l'ethnographie d'une expérience communaliste contemporaine, cet article
vise à remettre en question le recours trop systématique à la notion de «résistance» dans …

This chapter considers how processes of dispossession are at the centre of contemporary
struggles over public space, rights and political belonging, which refugees often become …

Human mobility, whatever its scale, is often controversial. Hence it carries with it the
potential for politics. A core feature of mobility politics is the tension between the desire to …

As the whole city ran to the border, they told us that 'refugees' are welcome and, thus,
pushed forward were, while 'economic migrants' were not and, therefore, were pushed back …