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Stuck in a whirlpool? The role of hope and despair in dealing with risks during Afghan migration journeys

dc.contributor.coauthorVan Heelsum, Anja
dc.contributor.departmentGraduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteGRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-29T09:41:23Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractMigration journeys are full of risk, navigated not just by physical obstacles but also by emotional tides. This study explores how the fluctuation of hope and despair plays a role in dealing with risks. Drawing upon in-depth interviews with Afghans in Turkey, this paper demonstrates that hope and despair fluctuate along migration journeys contingent upon three elements: (1) empirical evidence about the future, (2) (un)certainty and potential in the future, and (3) the agency or capability to act. The research finds that hope arises when the future is perceived as uncertain, offering individuals alternative pathways and restoring a sense of agency by transforming uncertainty into potentiality. Conversely, despair sets in when individuals perceive their near future as certain, devoid of alternatives. This sense of certainty about the near future leaves migrants feeling trapped, akin to being stuck in a whirlpool.
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dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsoredbyTubitakEuEU
dc.description.sponsorshipThe data used in this article were collected as part of the Advancing Alternative Migration Governance (ADMIGOV) project commissioned by the European Commission under grant number 822625.
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/jrs/feae055
dc.identifier.eissn1471-6925
dc.identifier.issn0951-6328
dc.identifier.quartileQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/feae055
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/23616
dc.identifier.wos1268108900001
dc.keywordsHope
dc.keywordsDespair
dc.keywordsRisk
dc.keywordsAfghan
dc.keywordsMigration
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Refugee Studies
dc.subjectDemography
dc.subjectEthnic studies
dc.titleStuck in a whirlpool? The role of hope and despair in dealing with risks during Afghan migration journeys
dc.typeJournal Article
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local.contributor.kuauthorTaşan, Eda Kirişçioğlu
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