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- Title
Al Harqa Littalyene: Dreams Beyond the Mediterranean (Clandestine Migration from Tunisia to Italy).
- Authors
Khedher, Rayed
- Abstract
Clandestine migration from Tunisia to Italy is one of the most important migration issues in the Mediterranean. There has been little ethnographic research devoted to this issue and no deep examination of the personal motivations of the Tunisia potential male migrant. Most of the literature and case studies have focused on the socioeconomic impacts of this migration on either Tunisia or Italy. In this article, I investigate these motivations by focusing on the young men in Hay Ettadhamen, a large depressed township on the outskirts of Tunis. The article examines the hypothesis that Tunisian men living in this township migrate to Italy due to a quest for "Paradise Europe" with its seemingly attractive lifestyle. I attempt to tum the focus away from the simple push and pull factors of economics being the main motivation and illuminate other hidden sets of incentives that are specific to Hay Ettadhamen township. The article specifically examines the impact of French colonization, social networks and media in the shaping of these clandestine migratory movements. This ethnographic study is based on nine months of qualitative research design involving participant observation and in-depth interviews.
- Subjects
TUNISIA; UNDOCUMENTED immigrants; EMIGRATION &; immigration; MOTIVATION (Psychology); SOCIAL history; MIGRANT labor; ECONOMICS; TUNISIAN history, 1987-
- Publication
Ufahamu: A Journal of African Studies, 2007, Vol 34, Issue 1/2, p12
- ISSN
0041-5715
- Publication type
Article