Securing Shelter While Facing Eviction: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Lebanon

Dima El Khouri — 2022-12-16T06:00:00Z

Dima El Khouri documents the politics of securing housing for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. She shows the complex web of negotiations that take place between refugees, local Lebanese city dwellers, local authorities, and international NGOs.
Between the beginning of the conflict in Syria in 2011 and 2014, the Lebanese government failed to react to the arrival of Syrians fleeing conflict in their country. By 2015, approximately 1.5 million Syrian refugees resided in Lebanon, in addition to almost

- From the Field / Syria, Lebanon, refugees, migrants, migration, shelter, housing, evictions

From Transit to Settlement. A Mexican Border Town's Transition from a Transit Space to a Waiting Territory

Isabel Gil-Everaert — 2020-03-03T06:00:00Z

Tanapan, a border town in southern Mexico has long been a point of passage for Central American migrants bound for the United States. Since 2014, new restrictions have gradually changed it into a waiting territory. How was it transformed into a new involuntary destination?
In early July 2016, Lucy invited me for lunch at her house. I had met her the previous summer, while she was staying at La Palma, a migrant shelter located in Tanapan, a small town in southern Mexico where I conducted

- From the Field / Mexico, borders, United States, migrants, migration, shelter, waiting, transit space, territory, Guatemala

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Securing Shelter While Facing Eviction: The Case of Syrian Migrants in Lebanon

From Transit to Settlement. A Mexican Border Town's Transition from a Transit Space to a Waiting Territory