Migration and the formation of transnational economic networks between Africa and Turkey: the socio-economic establishment of migrants in situ and in mobility

Turkey is often perceived as a transit place for migrants and refugees from the African continent. While many indeed continue to other countries and the country still precludes official local integration, the past decade has witnessed a growing number of African migrants settling in Istanbul. This a...

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Published in:African and black diaspora 2017-09, Vol.10 (3), p.313-326
Main Author: Suter, Brigitte
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
immigrant entrepreneurship
Istanbul
Migrants
Migration
Mobility
Noncitizens
Opportunity structures
Refugees
social mobility
social networks
social networks transnationalism
Socioeconomic factors
Sub-Sahara Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Transnationalism
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Summary:Turkey is often perceived as a transit place for migrants and refugees from the African continent. While many indeed continue to other countries and the country still precludes official local integration, the past decade has witnessed a growing number of African migrants settling in Istanbul. This article draws attention to the opportunity structures that enable this type of settlement. The article presents the argument that it is the presence of small-scale transnationally embedded traders from the same countries that enable the socio-economic stability of their co-nationals both locally as well as transnationally. The concept that is able to account for this development is establishment in situ and establishment in mobility, which is seen as exactly the definitional barrier between transit and settlement.
ISSN:1752-8631
1752-864X
1752-864X
DOI:10.1080/17528631.2016.1157931