The Big Gamble: The Migration of Eritreans to Europe (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780520298705)

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Tens of thousands of Eritreans make perilous voyages across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea every year. Why do they risk their lives to reach European countries where so many more hardships await them? By visiting family homes in Eritrea and living with refugees in camps and urban peripheries across Ethiopia, Sudan, and Italy, Milena Belloni untangles the reasons behind one of the most under-researched refugee populations today. Balancing encounters with refugees and their families, smugglers, and visa officers, The Big Gamble contributes to ongoing debates about blurred boundaries between forced and voluntary migration, the complications of transnational marriages, the social matrix of smuggling, and the role of family expectations, emotions, and values in migrants' choices of destinations.


Author: Milena Belloni
ISBN-10: 0520298705
ISBN-13: 9780520298705
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 12/17/2019
Pages: 242
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d