1 - Detained
from Part I - Libya
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 October 2023
Summary
Confinement is a prominent feature of migrants’ journeys through Libya and onwards to Europe. Turning to migrants’ experiences in informal sites of confinement and in government-run detention centres in Libya, this chapter foregrounds how forced immobility is a crucial part of processes extracting value from migrants’ lives. Through a dynamic I call ‘accumulation by immobilization,’ the chapter reveals how peoples’ mobilities become a locus for generating value.
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- Mobility Economies in Europe's BorderlandsMigrants' Journeys through Libya and the Mediterranean, pp. 29 - 57Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023