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“At Least, at the border, i am killing myself by my own will”: migration aspirations and risk perceptions among Syrian and Afghan communities

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2023

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It is well-documented that border controls make migration journeys riskier for people on the move. Policymakers construe deaths in migration journeys as resulting from the individual risk-taking attitudes of migrants. However, risks involved in migration journeys are not only related to border control measures. Based on the analysis of 30 semi-structured interviews conducted with Syrian and Afghan migrants in Turkey, we embrace a social constructionist approach to unpack how migrants form their aspirations based on their risk perceptions. Our findings explain why some migrants would still move onwards despite violent borders while others stay or search for "safer" ways for onward migration.

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Routledge Journals, Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Demography, Ethnic studies, Sociology

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Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies

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10.1080/15562948.2023.2198485

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https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2023.2198485
 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/26437

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