The next 2020-21 GRTIM-UPF Seminar Series will be a EuroMedMig migration lecture by Mohamed Saib Musette (EuroMedMig and Applied Economic Center for Development in Algiers, Algeria), entitled: "Capturing Irregular Migration by a Macro-Sociological Lens: 12 Steps Process from and through North Africa to Europe".

This seminar will be held within the EuroMedMig framework and it will be hosted by IEMed. The activity forms part of EUMedMig: "Mapping European Mediterranean Migration Studies" (September 2019- August 2022). Funded by the Erasmus + Jean Monnet Network Program. 

Details

• Date: Thursday May 6th, 2021
• Time: 18:30-20:30
• Register for this event here​

​Abstract: There is a vast literature on irregular migration. Each country develops its vision and its appreciation without knowing either the magnitude or the depth of this migration movement. In the same way, each discipline tries to develop its specific contribution to have a picture of the phenomenon which took a complex dimension during this millennium.

We offer a global vision of the process of irregular migrations in twelve steps from North Africa to Europe. The first sequence has three steps. Migration, regular or not, begins with the intention to leave, then the decision-making begins with the first prospections and finally the departure starts with the choice of the route, the mode of departure. The final sequence has three options: installation, return to the country of origin or a new departure. Between these two sequences, there is the "black box" that each analyst observes, with his resources, on three routes (land, sea and air). The measurement of migration flows (entry/exit) is carried out according to the regularities of border crossing. The detection of irregularities is done at the home country, during the trip, on arrival to and during the stay in the host country. To continue reading click here.