Title | Tracing trajectories of vulnerability in the biographical narratives of Albanian onward migrants from Greece in the UK |
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Type | Journal article |
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Authors | Karatsareas, P. and Ndoci, R. |
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Abstract | We analyse how Albanian onward migrants from Greece living in the UK construct and negotiate forms of vulnerability they experienced along their migration trajectories. Focus group participants weaved life narratives in which vulnerabilities were constantly but variably imbricated. The risks to personal safety that they experienced in Albania set participants’ migratory trajectories in motion. The hostile institutional policies participants were subjected to in Greece drove them to onward migrate. The UK was constructed as a migratory destination where racism was more subtly present compared to Greece. We, therefore, conceptualise participants’ migratory experiences as constituting trajectories of vulnerability. |
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Keywords | migration |
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| onward migration |
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| vulnerability |
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| Albania |
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| Greece |
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| UK |
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Journal | Language, Culture and Society |
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ISSN | 2543-3164 |
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| 2543-3156 |
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Year | 2024 |
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Publisher | John Benjamins |
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Accepted author manuscript | File Access Level Open (open metadata and files) |
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1075/lcs.23022.kar |
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Publication dates |
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Published online | 14 Nov 2024 |
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Project | Makers, advocates, and users of language policy as co-creators of sociolinguistic research: onward migrants in London |
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Funder | Research England |
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