Stranded Migrant

Luc Leboeuf

Chapter 97 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 565-568 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The concept of ‘stranded migrant’ has gained in importance in the institutional discourse in the past 20 years, especially at the IOM level. It is often mobilized in flexible ways when communicating on policy actions, which aim at offering solutions to the migrants who are ‘stuck’ away from home for a wide array of reasons. Before becoming a meaningful conceptual tool, which enhances the analysis of stranded migrants’ plights, and which supports the design of meaningful institutional replies, the concept of ‘stranded migrant’ thus needs unpacking depending on contextual specificities. Such unpacking should be made while acknowledging the stranded migrants’ abilities at developing strategies to overcome mobility constraints and hardship, as demonstrated empirically by a large stream of literature. If not, the concept of ‘stranded migrant’ risks becoming yet another immobility lens, which does not support the development of policies that appropriately consider migrants’ aspirations.

Keywords: IOM; EMN; Fragmented migration journeys; Protracted displacement; Agency; Encampment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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