Stories of Border Crossers

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XVII

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-10

3. A Critical Overview of Contemporary Discourses on Migration

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   Pages 11-34

4. Between Hospitality and Inhospitality: The Politics of Migrant Protection in Germany

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   Pages 35-61

5. The Method of Constructing Narratives: From Disenfranchised Subjects to Narrators

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   Pages 63-81

6. From “Raw Material” to “Data”: What Lessons Can be Drawn from the Research Process?

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   Pages 83-100

7. Migrants’ Journey Narratives: Empirical Findings and Discussion

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   Pages 101-190

8. General Conclusion

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   Pages 191-201

9. Back Matter

   Pages 203-239

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More than just reminding us that migrant voices matter, this book discusses the operationalization and integration of migrant narratives in the overall discourse and proposes a critical reflection on the knowledge production about migration. Hamza Safouane draws on personal testimonies from refugees and asylum seekers who came to Germany during the 2015 'long summer of migration' to examine migratory journeys from an immanent perspective. What analytical, ethical and methodological frameworks can be used to receive the stories of forced migrants and integrate them into a production of knowledge that is too often deaf to their voices?

• Migration and asylum policy
• Forced migration
• Refugees
• Migration crisis
• Migration discourse
• Research ethics
• Immigration to the European Union

• Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Helmut Schmidt Universität, Hamburg, Germany

  Hamza Safouane

Dr. Hamza Safouane received his doctorate in Planning, Governance and Globalization from Virginia Tech, USA and is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany.

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