Transnational Figurations of Displacement: Connectivity and Mobility as Solutions to Protracted Refugee Situations

Project Information

TRAFIG

Grant agreement ID: 822453

DOI 10.3030/822453

Project closed

EC signature date 31 October 2018

Start date 1 January 2019

End date 30 June 2022

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Europe In A Changing World - Inclusive, Innovative And Reflective Societies

Total cost € 3 098 426,25

EU contribution € 3 098 426,25

Coordinated by

BICC - BONN INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR CONFLICT STUDIES GGMBH
Germany

Deliverables

Documents, reports (40)

Final conference report

see WP8 task 12

Policy Brief on Protracted Displacement in DRC with a focus on internally displaced persons

see WP4 task 34

Practice Note: Governing Displacement

see WP3, task 6.4

Policy Brief: Protracted Displacement in the Middle East and South Asia

see WP5 task 34

Methods Handbook

see WP1, Task 4

Policy Brief: Key findings of Synthesis report

see WP8 task 8

Working Paper: Transnational figurations of displacement in Western Europe

see WP6 task 83

Policy Brief: Protracted Displacement in Europe

see WP6 task 34

Working paper: Governing Displacement

see WP3, task 6.2

Policy Brief: Protracted Dispalcement in Africa (Tanzania and Ethiopia)

see WP4 task 34

Working Paper: Transnational figurations of displacement in East Africa - Tanzania

see WP4 task 63

Working Paper: Transnational figurations of displacement in South Asia

see WP5 task 83

Documentation of multi-stakeholder community consultations (MSCC) in Africa

see WP4 task 63

Practice Note: Role of connectivity and mobility in East Africa - DRC

see WP4 task 84

Recording of 2 webinars

see WP8 task 4

Documentation of stakeholder workshops in the Middle East

see WP5 task 33

Policy Brief

see WP3, task 6.4

Working Paper: Transnational figurations of displacement in Southern Europe

see WP6 task 83

Working Paper: Transnational figurations of displacement in the Middle East

see WP5 task 83

Practice Note: Role of connectivity and mobility in East Africa: Tanzania

see WP4 task 84

Documentation of stakeholder workshops in Africa

see WP4 task 33

Synthesis Report

see WP7 task 1

Working Paper: Transnational figurations of displacement in East Africa - DRC

see WP4 task 83

Practice Note: Role of connectivity and mobility in South Asia

see WP5 task 84

Documentation of multi-stakeholder community consultations (MSCC) in Europe

see WP6 task 63

Working paper: Protracted Displacement in the post-WWII Period

see WP1, task 1, 2 and 3

Working Paper: Transnational figurations of displacement in the Horn of Africa - Ethiopia

see WP4 task 83

Policy Brief on purposeful intra-EU relocation based on skills of applicants band beneficiaries of IP and labour market demands in EU MS

see WP8 task 4

Practice Note: Role of connectivity and mobility in the Horn of African - Ethiopia

see WP4 task 84

Working paper: Transnational Figurations of Displacement - TRAFIG's core concept

Theoretical working paper outlining and operationalising the concept transnational figurations of displacement. see WP1, task 1.5

Ethics Guidelines

Ethic guidelines including strategies in dealing with ethical challenges and incidental findings. The Ethics guidelines include the following post-signature requirements: - GEN-Requirement No. 12 (The Ethics Guideline Handbook must be provided within 6 months of the start of the project) - GEN- Requirement No. 13 (The Ethics Guidelines Handbook must include details on the incidental findings policy)

Practice Note: Experience with implementing toolkit

see WP7 task 37

Documentation of stakeholder workshops in Europe

see WP6 task 33

Practice Note: Role of connectivity and mobility in the Middle East

see WP5 task 84

Five newspaper and online articles on TRAFIG and its results

see WP9 Communication task 16

Practice Note: Transnational Figurations of Displacement

see WP1, task 3.2

Handbook for policy-makers

see WP8 task 9

Practice Note: Learning from the Past

see WP3, task 1,2 and 3

Practice Note: Role of connectivity and mobility in Western Europe

see WP6 task 84

Practice Note: Role of connectivity and mobility in Southern Europe

see WP6 task 84

Other (1)

Toolkit for Practitioners

see WP7, task 3

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Digital visualisation for policy-makers of results

see WP3, task 6.3

Interactive online tool

see WP7 task 2

TRAFIG website

see WP9, Communication task 2.1

Eight short YouTube videos on TRAFIG

see WP9 Communication task 15

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (17)

‘The war has divided us more than ever’: Syrian refugee family networks and social capital for mobility through protracted displacement in Jordan

Author(s): Tobin, Sarah A.; Momani, Fawwaz; Al Yakoub, Tamara
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor&Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090157

On not staying put where they have put you: mobilities disrupting the socio-spatial figurations of displacement in Greece

Author(s): Papatzani, Eva; Hatziprokopiou, Panos; Vlastou-Dimopoulou, Filyra; Siotou, Alexandra
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-19, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor&Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090158

Family networks and Syrian refugees’ mobility aspirations

Author(s): Tobin, S.A., F. Momani, T.A. Al-Yakoub, R.F. AlMassad
Published in: Forced Migration Review, Issue 68, 2021, Page(s) 56-58, ISSN 1460-9819
Publisher: Refugees Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Journeys of Violence: Trajectories of (Im-)Mobility and Migrants’ Encounters with Violence in European Border Spaces

Author(s): Lorenz, R., B. Etzold
Published in: Comparative Population Studies, Issue 47, 2022, Page(s) 211-232, ISSN 1869-8999
Publisher: Federal Institute for Population Research
DOI: 10.12765/cpos-2022-09

Is translocality a hidden solution to overcome protracted displacement in the DR Congo?

Author(s): Jacobs, Carolien; Kyamusugulwa, Patrick Milabyo; Kubiha, Stanislas Lubala; Assumani, Innocent; Ruhamya, Joachim; Katembera, Rachel Sifa
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-15, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090154

The EU and protracted displacement: providing solutions or creating obstacles?

Author(s): Ferreira, Nuno; Kea, Pamela; Kraler, Albert; Wagner, Martin
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-20, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor&Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090161

'Constrained mobility’: a feature in protracted displacement in Greece and Italy

Author(s): Hatziprokopiou, P., E. Papatzani, F. Pastore, E. Roman
Published in: Forced Migration Review, Issue 68, 2021, Page(s) 59-62, ISSN 1460-9819
Publisher: Refugees Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Understanding the dynamics of protracted displacement

Author(s): Kraler, A., B. Etzold, N. Ferreira
Published in: Forced Migration Review, Issue 68, 2021, Page(s) 49-52, ISSN 1460-9819
Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7268252

A matter of time and contacts: trans-local networks and long-term mobility of Eritrean

Author(s): Adugna, Fekadu; Rudolf, Markus; Getachew, Mulu
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-19, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor&Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090155

“Exit Italy”? social and spatial (im)mobilities as conditions of protracted displacement

Author(s): Cingolani, Pietro; Belloni, Milena; Grimaldi, Giuseppe; Roman, Emanuela
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-17, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor&Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090159

Unsettling Protracted Displacement: Connectivity and Mobility beyond Limbo - Introduction to the Special Issue

Author(s): Etzold, Benjamin; Fechter, Anne-Meike
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090153

Afghans’ narrowing mobility options in Pakistan and the right to transnational living: a figurational perspective

Author(s): Mielke, Katja; Etzold, Benjamin
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-18, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor&Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090156

Mobility dynamics in protracted displacement: Eritreans and Congolese on the move

Author(s): Jacobs, C. and M. Rudolf
Published in: Forced Migration Review, Issue 68, 2021, Page(s) 52-55, ISSN 1460-9819
Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Family figurations in displacement: entangled mobilities of refugees towards Germany and beyond

Author(s): Christ, Simone; Etzold, Benjamin
Published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Issue (special issue, online first), 2022, Page(s) 1-17, ISSN 1469-9451
Publisher: Taylor&Francis
DOI: 10.1080/1369183x.2022.2090160

The Upward Spiral Towards Local Integration of IDPs: Agency and Economics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Author(s): Jacobs, C.; Lubala Kubiha, S.; Katembera, R.S.
Published in: Refugee Survey Quarterly, Issue 39, 2020, Page(s) 537-543, ISSN 1020-4067
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/rsq/hdaa022

Humanitarian Admission Programmes: how networks enable mobility in contexts of protracted displacement

Author(s): Etzold, B., S. Christ
Published in: Forced Migration Review, Issue 68, 2021, Page(s) 63-66, ISSN 1460-9819
Publisher: Refugees Studies Centre, University of Oxford

Accumulated homelessness: Analysing protracted displacement along Eritreans’ life histories

Author(s): Milena Belloni; Aurora Massa
Published in: Journal of Refugee Studies, Issue 35 (2), 2022, Page(s) 929-947, ISSN 1471-6925
Publisher: Oxford Academic
DOI: 10.1093/jrs/feab035

Book chapters (6)

Ambivalent entanglements: Syrian refugees’ network relations and (im)mobilities in protracted displacement

Author(s): Tobin, Sarah; Etzold, Benjamin; Momani, Fawwaz A.; Al Yakoub, Tamara; AlMassad, Rola Fares; Shdefat, Ahmad Ghanem
Published in: Onward Migration and Multi-sited Transnationalism: Complex Trajectories, Practices and Ties, 2022, ISBN 978-3-031-12505-8
Publisher: Springer Cham

Inhabiting the permanently temporary: practices of space appropriation and mobility negotations in 'hospitality structures' (in Greek) / Κατοικώντας το μόνιμα προσωρινό: Πρακτικές οικειοποίησης του χώρου και διαπραγματεύσεις της κινητικότητας σε ‘δομές φιλοξενίας’

Author(s): Filyra Vlastou-Dimopoulou, Eva Papatzani, Alexandra Siotou, Panos Hatziprokopiou
Published in: uropean values and the refugee 'crisis': the case of Greece / Ευρωπαϊκές αξίες και προσφυγική «κρίση»: η περίπτωση της Ελλάδας, 2022, Page(s) 141-165, ISBN 9789605891695
Publisher: Nissos

Social distance and spatial distances: Settlement geographies of migrants and refugees

Author(s): Panos Hatziprokopiou
Published in: Symbiosis, Social Inclusion, Integration and Solidarity in Europe: Current Challenges and Future Prospects, 2020, Page(s) 67-81, ISBN 978-618-81348-1-2
Publisher: Symbiosis

Refugees

Author(s): Mathias Czaika, Albert Kraler
Published in: The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism, 2020, Page(s) 321-348, ISBN 9781119430452
Publisher: Wiley Blackwell
DOI: 10.1002/9781119430452.ch20

“Protracted displacement” e dis-integrazione: un problema europeo

Author(s): Ferruccio Pastore
Published in: Una strada accidentata. Italia e Europa tra politiche migratorie e processi di integrazione, 2021, Page(s) 153-160, ISBN 9788855222846
Publisher: Quaderni CeSPI

In the shadow of the pandemic: Who has a right to mobility–and who doesn't?

Author(s): Benjamin Etzold
Published in: BICC Annual Report 2020, 2020, ISSN 2304-8700
Publisher: BICC

Conference proceedings (8)

approche configurationnelle appliquée

Author(s): Jacobs, C.; Etzold, B.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28 (27), 2020, Page(s) 16-43
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Dynamique sociale de la construction des alliances interpersonnelles et intergroupes entre personnes déplacées internes et communautés hôtes

Author(s): Ruhamya Mugenzi, J.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28 (27), 2020, Page(s) 129-156
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Saisir les opportunités: contribution des déplacées à l’économie locale

Author(s): Lubala, S., Sifa Katembera, R.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28 (27), 2020, Page(s) 157-186
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Déplacement prolongé: Expérimenter et surmonter les incertitudes spatiales, socio-économiques et relationnelles en RDC

Author(s): Jacobs, C.; Milabyo Kyamusugulwa, P.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28 (27), 2020, Page(s) 89 - 106
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Histoires de vie

Author(s): Lubala, S., Sifa Katembera, R. & Assumani, I.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28 (27), 2020, Page(s) 74-88
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Personnes déplacées et stratégies de survie: connectivité et mobilité

Author(s): Assumani, I.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28(27), 2020, Page(s) 107-128
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Conclusion: Est-il possible d’échapper de son sort de déplacement prolongé? Cahiers du CERPRU, 28(27), 237-241.

Author(s): Jacobs, C.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28 (27), 2020, Page(s) 237-241
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Cadres de protection pour les réfugiés et les personnes déplacées en RDCongo

Author(s): Jacobs, C.
Published in: Cahiers du CERPRU / Centre d'études et de recherches pour la promotion rurale, Issue 28 (27), 2020, Page(s) 44-73
Publisher: Institut Supérieur de Développement Rural de Bukavu, ISDR-Bukavu

Other (7)

TRAFIG Ethics Guidelines

Author(s): Christ, Simone; Thiem, Maarit
Published in: TRAFIG Reports, 2020
Publisher: BICC
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7274764

Governing protracted displacement in Italy - An analysis of legal and policy structures shaping protracted displacement situations

Author(s): Roman, Emanuela
Published in: TRAFIG Report, 2020
Publisher: FIERI; BICC
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7274771

Urban Displacement in Lebanon: Syrians in Tripoli

Author(s): Forster, Robert; Abdalkader, Abdalkarim Fares
Published in: CMI Report, Issue 2021: 5, 2021
Publisher: CMI
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7274726

Coronavirus Prevention Techniques and Syrian Refugees in Jordan

Author(s): Sarah Tobin, Fawwaz Momani, Tamara Al-Yakoub
Published in: Refugee Review, 2022
Publisher: ESPMI Network
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7274392

Protracted Displacement in the Horn of Africa

Author(s): Noack, Marion
Published in: TRAFIG Report, 2020
Publisher: ICMPD; BICC
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7274792

People First - New Solutions to the Challenge of Displacement

Author(s): Etzold, Benjamin; Wagner, Martin; Katsiaficas, Caitlin
Published in: Policy brief for the T7 Task Force International cooperation for the global common good, 2022, Page(s) 12
Publisher: Global Solutions Initiative Foundation gGmbH
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6490933

Multi-stakeholder community consultations as a multi-purpose research tool - Experiences from the Democratic Republic of Congo

Author(s): Kyamusugulwa, Patrick Milabyo; Ruhamya Mugenzi, Joachim; Lubala Kubiha, Stanislas; Assumani, Innocent; Jacobs, Carolien
Published in: TRAFIG Report, 2020
Publisher: BICC
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7274799

Thesis and dissertations (2)

“My phone is like my office”: Youth, refugees and digital livelihoods in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Author(s): Mira Demirdirek
Published in: Master thesis, African Studies, Leiden University, 2021
Publisher: Leiden University

Stereotype Fremdzuschreibungen und Eigenwahrnehmung von Geflüchteten. Eine Untersuchung gängiger Diskurse zur (Flucht-)migration anhand der Perspektiven Geflüchteter im Raum Trier

Author(s): David Steffens
Published in: Master thesis in Politcal Sciences, Master of Arts , University Trier, Germany, Issue not published, 2021
Publisher: Universität Trier