‘Ayn mika : Traumatic experience,social invisibility,and emotional distress of sub-Saharan women with precarious status in Morocco

Abstract

Morocco has become a permanent transit country for tens of thousands of sub-Saharan migrants heading to Europe. Many of these migrants are women who have a precarious legal status and can no longer reach Europe, whose borders have been considerably securitized since September 11, 2001. They also have no wish to risk their lives again returning south across the Sahara Desert. This paper discusses the results of an exploratory research project conducted in Morocco on the relationships between the sub-Saharan migrant women’s traumatic experiences, social invisibility, and emotional distress in the context of a massive securitization of Euro-Mediterranean borders.

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emotional distress Morocco securitization of Euro-Mediterranean borders social invisibility sub-Saharan migrant women violence

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