Transnational life and cross-border immobility in pandemic times
Global Networks
; 23(1):59-74, 2023.
Article
in English
| Scopus | ID: covidwho-2245300
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically disrupted and reconfigured the cross-border movements of people. Based on an anthropological study of the experiences of transnational migrants during the pandemic (May 2020–May 2021), this article explores stories of how cross-border immobility impacts transnational life and sense of belonging. The stories reveal the emotional toll of prolonged family separation across geographical distances when loved ones are no longer ‘just one flight away' and give voice to experiences of being ‘trapped', ‘stuck' or ‘stranded' in a state of transnational limbo. Running through the stories are intensified experiences of foreignness, non-belonging, precariousness and discrimination. Some also felt abandoned by their country of origin as border closures left them ‘locked out' and ‘blowing in the wind', fostering an experience akin to exile. © 2021 Global Networks Partnership & John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
Computer networks; Social aspects; Belonging; Cross-border; Cross-border (im)mobility; Migrant transnationalism; Movement of peoples; Pandemic mobility regime; Transnational life; Transnational migrants; Transnationalism; Transnationalized family; COVID-19; cross-border relations; migration; pandemic mobility regimes; transnationalized families
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Databases of international organizations
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Scopus
Type of study:
Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Global Networks
Year:
2023
Document Type:
Article
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