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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Mobility Economies in Europe's Borderlands: Migrants'
  Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean - Marthe Achtnich\, POLIS
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DESCRIPTION:The arrival of unauthorized migrants at the shores of southern
  Europe has been sensationalized into a migration ‘crisis’ in recent y
 ears. Yet these depictions fail to grasp migrants’ experiences and fall 
 short of addressing a more complex phenomenon. In this original ethnograph
 y\, Marthe Achtnich examines migrants’ journeys and economic practices u
 nderpinning mobility to recast how we think of migration. Bringing the per
 spectives and voices of migrants to the fore\, she traces sub-Saharan migr
 ants’ journeys along one of the world’s most dangerous migration route
 s: through the Sahara Desert\, Libya\, and then by boat to Malta in Europe
 . Examining what she calls ‘mobility economies’\, Achtnich demonstrate
 s how these migrant journeys become sources of profit for various actors. 
 By focusing on migrants’ long and difficult journeys\, the book prompts 
 a necessary rethinking of mobile life and economic practices under contemp
 orary capitalism\, and the complex relationship between the two.
LOCATION:SG1/2\, Alison Richard Building\, 7 West Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 9
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