In-between places: Trans-Saharan transit migrants in Morocco and the fragmented journey to Europe

Antipode

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 668-690

  Collyer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Migration control; Morocco; Transit migration; Undocumented migration

Indexed keywords

MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMIGRATION;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 34548720980     PISSN: 00664812     EISSN: 14678330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8330.2007.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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