Journal article

The Migrating Circulations of Trans-Migrants

Pages 76 to 88

Cite this article


  • Carnet, P.,
  • Alioua, M.,
  • Qacha, F.,
  • Coulibaly-Tandian, O.-K.,
  • Majdoubi, F.,
  • Missaoui, H.-S.
  • and Arab, C.
(2012). The Migrating Circulations of Trans-Migrants. Multitudes, No 49(2), 76-88. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.049.0076.

  • Carnet, Pauline.,
  • et al.
« The Migrating Circulations of Trans-Migrants ». Multitudes, 2012/2 No  49, 2012. p.76-88. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2012-2-page-76?lang=en.

  • CARNET, Pauline,
  • ALIOUA, Mehdi,
  • QACHA, Fatima,
  • COULIBALY-TANDIAN, Oumoul Khaïry,
  • MAJDOUBI, Fatiha,
  • MISSAOUI, Hasnia-Sonia
  • and ARAB, Chadia,
2012. The Migrating Circulations of Trans-Migrants. Multitudes, 2012/2 No  49, p.76-88. DOI : 10.3917/mult.049.0076. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2012-2-page-76?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.049.0076


English

The trajectories of Africans coming to Europe no longer aim for employment in a large firm, but rather a commercial or religious form of peregrination which calls for frequent returns to the homeland. Leaving Africa goes through several stages in order to find the best opportunities to reach Europe. Women migrants also build networks of alliances in order to secure autonomous zones along the way. The analysis of Gypsy transmigrations shows the importance of family networks in such trajectories.

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