The Big Gamble: The Migration of Eritreans to Europe

Milena Belloni

Open Access Published by University of California Press 2019

The Big Gamble

The Migration of Eritreans to Europe

Milena Belloni

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520970755

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Tens of thousands of Eritreans make perilous voyages across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea every year. Why do they risk their lives to reach European countries where so many more hardships await them? By visiting family homes in Eritrea and living with refugees in camps and urban peripheries across Ethiopia, Sudan, and Italy, Milena Belloni untangles the reasons behind one of the most under-researched refugee populations today. Balancing encounters with refugees and their families, smugglers, and visa officers, The Big Gamble contributes to ongoing debates about blurred boundaries between forced and voluntary migration, the complications of transnational marriages, the social matrix of smuggling, and the role of family expectations, emotions, and values in migrants’ choices of destinations.

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Belloni Milena :

Milena Belloni is a sociologist at the University of Antwerp. Her doctoral research on Eritrean migration received the 2016 IMISCOE Award. Belloni has published in the Journal of Refugee Studies and the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Protagonists Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
1. When Migration Becomes the Norm Ingredients of an Ordinary Crisis Open Access Download PDF	25
2. Hypermobile and Immobile Diverse Responses to Protracted Displacement in Ethiopia and Sudan Open Access Download PDF	50
3. An Endless Journey Transnational and Peer Pressure in Onward Migration in Europe Open Access Download PDF	79
4. Moralities of Border Crossing Inside the World of Smuggling and Transnational Marriages Open Access Download PDF	101
5. Entrapped Making Sense of High-Risk Migration through Gambling Open Access Download PDF	125
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	137
Postscript Open Access Download PDF	145
Appendix. Backstage: Notes on Methodology and Ethics Open Access Download PDF	147
Notes Open Access Download PDF	169
References Open Access Download PDF	197
Index Open Access Download PDF	225

Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Pages
- Main content: 242

eBook

Published: December 17, 2019
ISBN: 9780520970755