From Iran to the Netherlands, and everywhere in between

IF 0.7 4区社会学 Q2 AREA STUDIES

Iranian Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-16 DOI:10.1017/irn.2023.31

Louise Ballière

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Abstract

Abstract A migrant's journey is no linear trajectory from A to B. It is a fragmented and complex move over different regions with alternating periods of mobility and immobility. This article researches the complex dynamics of irregular migration from Iran to the Netherlands, and everywhere in between. Through a historical comparison of the life stories of Iranian asylum seekers in the Netherlands in two time periods (1988–1989 and 2009–2010), it studies the routes they took, their relations with human smugglers, and their interactions with immigration policies and border managements along the way. It shows migrants' and smugglers’ flexibility and capacity to adapt to ever-changing circumstances. Migration politics and border controls, along with their increasing limitations on legal migration channels, are indeed crucial in the understanding of irregular migration practices and the ever-growing involvement of facilitating services. Through a combination of this migration policy research and the migration trajectory research, the paper explores these dynamics and the interactions between migrants, smugglers, and state policies in every phase of their journey from Iran to the Netherlands, and everywhere in between.

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从伊朗到荷兰，以及中间的任何地方

移民的旅程不是从A点到b点的线性轨迹，而是在不同地区之间的碎片化和复杂的迁移，流动和不流动交替进行。本文研究了从伊朗到荷兰的非正规移民的复杂动态，以及两者之间的任何地方。通过对两个时期(1988-1989年和2009-2010年)在荷兰的伊朗寻求庇护者的生活故事进行历史比较，研究他们所走的路线，他们与人口走私者的关系，以及他们与沿途移民政策和边境管理的互动。它显示了移民和走私者适应不断变化的环境的灵活性和能力。移民政治和边境管制，以及它们对合法移民渠道日益增加的限制，确实对理解非正常移民做法和便利服务日益增加的参与至关重要。通过结合这一移民政策研究和移民轨迹研究，本文探讨了这些动态以及移民、走私者和国家政策在从伊朗到荷兰的旅程的每个阶段之间的相互作用，以及两者之间的任何地方。

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期刊介绍： Iranian Studies is a peer-reviewed journal devoted to Iranian and Persian history, literature, and society, published on behalf of the Association for Iranian Studies . Its scope includes all areas of the world with a Persian or Iranian legacy, especially Iran, Afghanistan, Central Asia and the Caucasus, and northern India, and Iranians in the diaspora. It welcomes submissions in all disciplines.