Away from home and excluded from local solidarity networks: Undocumented Afghan migrant men in Istanbul

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dc.contributor.authorBozok, Mehmet
dc.contributor.authorBozok, Nihan
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-09T10:49:07Z
dc.date.available2025-03-09T10:49:07Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİstanbul Beykent Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractThe paper presents a study on the solidarity networks of undocumented Afghan male migrants in Istanbul. The research was conducted between August 2015 and June 2020 in the migrant districts of Beykoz, Zeytinburnu and Fatih. The study found that Afghan migrants are excluded from existing local solidarity networks and instead form their own networks as a survival strategy. The study posits that there are three primary solidarity networks knitted by locals, which are 'family', 'hometown' and 'neighbourhood'. We argue that the foundation of the solidarity networks among the locals is their shared language(s), mutual recognition, shared socio-historical background and unofficial trust, making it difficult for newcomers to become a part of this solidarity. Afghan migrants are unable to access these networks, which aggravates their social exclusion. They use their social exclusion as a survival strategy and continue with their migration aspirations.
dc.description.sponsorshipRaoul Wallenberg Institute 2019 RWI-Human Rights Research Grant
dc.description.sponsorshipThe last stage of this research in Beykoz, Zeytinburnu and Fatih districts of Istanbul is based on the research project 'The Role of Call Shops in Istanbul in The Transnational Migration Experiences of Unaccompanied Afghan Boys and the Gender Regime in Call Shops' funded by Raoul Wallenberg Institute 2019 RWI-Human Rights Research Grant, carried out by Mehmet Bozok and Nihan Bozok.
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/psp.2775
dc.identifier.issn1544-8444
dc.identifier.issn1544-8452
dc.identifier.issue6
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85190448983
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2775
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12662/4731
dc.identifier.volume30
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001198651500001
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ1
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.ispartofPopulation Space and Place
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250310
dc.subjectAfghan migration
dc.subjectIstanbul
dc.subjectmigrant solidarity networks
dc.subjectsocial exclusion
dc.subjectundocumented migrants
dc.titleAway from home and excluded from local solidarity networks: Undocumented Afghan migrant men in Istanbul
dc.typeArticle

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