Women’s experiences of border crossing: gender, mobility and border control

Matos, Raquel; Esposito, Francesca

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Women’s experiences of border crossing: gender, mobility and border control

2019Journal article

dc.contributor.author	Matos, Raquel
dc.contributor.author	Esposito, Francesca
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-21T10:05:31Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-21T10:05:31Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	In recent years, new migration patterns emerged in Europe and border control operations became more complex and broader, resulting in an increasing number of non-nationals detained for migration-related reasons. This paper aims to explore how gender, migration and border control intersect in the lives of women detained for not having authorisation to remain in Portugal. Several visits were made to a detention facility, where ten women detainees were interviewed. Our findings reveal how gender plays a crucial role in women’s mobility pathways, and how the lack of a secure migrant status can be used as a control mechanism within the context of gendered relationships. Overall, due attention is paid to the way crossing borders impacts the lives of these women, reinforcing their vulnerabilities, and to the ways in which women deal with and resist the precariousness and violence they are exposed to, seeking a meaning and continuity for their lives.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	Matos, R., Esposito, F. (2019). Women’s experiences of border crossing: gender, mobility and border control. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 5(4), 371-391	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1504/IJMBS.2019.105809	pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn	1755-2427
dc.identifier.issn	1755-2419
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/30327
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	Intersentia	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
dc.subject	Non-national women	pt_PT
dc.subject	Gender	pt_PT
dc.subject	Border-crossing	pt_PT
dc.subject	Migration-related detention	pt_PT
dc.subject	Lived experiences	pt_PT
dc.title	Women’s experiences of border crossing: gender, mobility and border control	pt_PT
dc.type	journal article
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oaire.citation.endPage	391	pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue	4	pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage	371	pt_PT
oaire.citation.title	International Journal of Migration and Border Studies	pt_PT
oaire.citation.volume	5	pt_PT
person.familyName	Matos
person.familyName	Esposito
person.givenName	Raquel
person.givenName	Francesca
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rcaap.rights	openAccess	pt_PT
rcaap.type	article	pt_PT
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