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“On the Way to Freedomâ€

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The arrival of migrants from various parts of Africa in relatively large numbers to the central Mediterranean island of Malta was an unprecedented experience for the locals prior to the early 2000s. This article focuses on exploring the processes that unaccompanied minors go through to become asylum-seekers in Europe and to move on from there to further evolve their life projects. It also explores the role that ethnographers play in retelling their stories, so as to show how these transitions can be better understood. This is particularly because, in most cases, Malta serves as a transit country which they will eventually leave to settle elsewhere. The article shows how the active participation of ethnographers does not simply serve as an “add on†to the data acquired but rather contributes to a co-construction of meanings in an inter-cooperative way.

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  • Damian Spiteri, 2015. "“On the Way to Freedomâ€," SAGE Open, , vol. 5(4), pages 21582440156, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:5:y:2015:i:4:p:2158244015617473
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244015617473
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