PUBLI : Laura Odasso and Paola Bonizzoni (ed.), « Intermediating access. Migrants, rights and statuses », Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 2/​2024, 2024

Edited by Laura Odasso, fellow at IC Migra­tions, and Paola Bonizzoni.

Abstract.
Legal-admi­nis­tra­tive inter­me­dia­tion is crucial for migrants to access rights and statuses. This paper traces the roots of inter­me­dia­tion across various disci­plines and examines its role in migra­tion studies. It draws on scho­lar­ship about the migra­tion industry, huma­ni­ta­ria­nism, legal socio­logy, and street-level bureau­cracy, and synthe­sises insights from seven articles in this special issue. The paper explores how inter­me­dia­ries operate at local, national, and trans­na­tional levels, beco­ming essen­tial due to the complexity and discre­tio­nary imple­men­ta­tion of migra­tion and natu­ra­li­sa­tion laws. It also inves­ti­gates how inter­me­dia­tion prac­tises reflect diverse ethics – charac­te­ri­sing profes­sional, poli­tical, affec­tive, and inter­per­sonal connec­tions – and consi­ders the extent to which these prac­tices arise from (and repro­duce) asym­me­trical and inter­sec­tional power dyna­mics, shaping the (de)politicisation of migra­tion justice

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