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Forced migration and the city

Author(s) -

Jonathan Darling

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

progress in human geography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.283

H-Index - 146

eISSN - 1477-0288

pISSN - 0309-1325

DOI - 10.1177/0309132516629004

Subject(s) - forced migration , refugee , politics , right to the city , political science , sovereignty , displacement (psychology) , sociology , economic geography , geography , political economy , law , psychology , psychotherapist

This paper explores the relationship between forced migration and the city. The paper outlines four accounts of the city centred on: displacement and the camp-city, dispersal and refugee resettlement, the ‘re-scaling’ of borders, and the city as a sanctuary. Whilst valuable, these discussions maintain a focus on sovereign authority that tends to prioritize the policing of forced migration over the possibilities for contestation that also emerge through cities. Arguing for a fuller engagement with debates in urban geography, this paper considers how discussions of urban informality and the politics of presence may better unpack the urban character of forced migration.

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