“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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dc.contributor.authorid0000-0002-1498-0025
dc.contributor.authorid0000-0002-9426-428X
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of International Relations
dc.contributor.departmentN/A
dc.contributor.kuauthorÖnay, Ayşen Ezgi Üstübici
dc.contributor.kuauthorTaşan, Eda Kirişçioğlu
dc.contributor.kuprofileFaculty Member
dc.contributor.kuprofilePhD Student
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteCollege of Administrative Sciences and Economics
dc.contributor.schoolcollegeinstituteGraduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities
dc.contributor.yokid238439
dc.contributor.yokidN/A
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-19T10:32:32Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractIt 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.
dc.description.indexedbyWoS
dc.description.indexedbyScopus
dc.description.openaccesshybrid
dc.description.publisherscopeInternational
dc.description.sponsorsThe data used in this article were collected as part of the Fluctuations in Migration Flows to Europe project commissioned by the Research and Documentation Center (WODC) of the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security, Aysen UEstuebici received funding from Young Scientists Award Program (BAGEP) of the Science Academy, Turkey during the writing process of this article. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not represent those of the WODC.
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/15562948.2023.2198485
dc.identifier.eissn1556-2956
dc.identifier.issn1556-2948
dc.identifier.quartileQ2
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85152419790
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2023.2198485
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14288/26437
dc.identifier.wos968768200001
dc.keywordsMigration aspirations
dc.keywordsSyrian migrants
dc.keywordsAfghan migrants
dc.keywordsRisk perceptions
dc.keywordsBorder crossing narratives
dc.languageen
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals, Taylor and Francis Ltd
dc.relation.grantnoYoung Scientists Award Program (BAGEP) of the Science Academy, Turkey
dc.sourceJournal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies
dc.subjectDemography
dc.subjectEthnic studies
dc.subjectSociology
dc.title“At Least, at the border, i am killing myself by my own will”: migration aspirations and risk perceptions among Syrian and Afghan communities
dc.typeJournal Article

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