In search of greener pastures? Boat-migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands

TitleIn search of greener pastures? Boat-migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands
Publication TypeBook
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsM. Poeze
Series titleAfrican studies collection
Issue27
Pagination - 97
Date Published2010///
PublisherAfrican Studies Centre
Place PublishedLeiden
Publication Languageeng
ISSN Number978-90-5448-097-61876-018X
KeywordsCanary Islands, illegal migration, Senegal, social networks, theses (form), undocumented migrants
Abstract

This Masters thesis is the winner of the ASC's Africa Thesis Award 2009. It examines the decision-making process of Senegalese men to make use of the dangerous boat journey to the Canary Islands in an effort to reach Europe. Moving beyond conventional micro- and macro-theories on migration decision-making, this study focuses at the meso-level by which the embeddedness of migrants' decision-making in ongoing social contacts is considered. The study draws on ethnographic research among unsuccessful boat migrants in Dakar, Senegal. The data collected suggests two models of migration decision-making, revealing variations in social processes that are central to the workings of undocumented migration. Miranda Poeze studied cultural anthropology at the Free University in Amsterdam. She is currently a PhD student at Maastricht University.

IR handle/ Full text URLhttp://hdl.handle.net/1887/15871
Citation Key3628