Beschreibung
Islam, Deportation and Return:
Removal Experiences of Muslim Irregularised Migrants
Workshop, LMU Munich, October 14 - 15, 2022
Keynote speaker: Alice Elliot, Goldsmiths University of London
Discussant: Sabine Strasser, University of Bern
Muslim conceptions of what being human means are often ignored in migration research. These conceptions, however, play an affective and central role in the experiences of many religiously affiliated migrants from different Muslim communities. This is particularly true for irregularised migrants struggling with mobility or facing removal, i.e. deportation or "voluntary" repatriation. Their view of cross-border mobility and life more generally, including notions of freedom of mobility and human rights, are often intimately entangled with religious ideas, experiences, interpretations, narratives, and feelings. Which are in turn profoundly bound up with their migration and removal experiences.
The workshop will discuss such ideas and experiences based on different ethnographic cases.
Participation in the workshop is free, but registration is required.
Program and registration here