When we think of migrants, we rarely think of their political role: a common understanding is that political participation is something restricted to citizens only. Nonetheless, despite the increasing anti-migrant sentiment and policies across the globe, refugees and migrants respond, subvert, and resist these in various ways. Migration research has thus far under-conceptualised political migrant agency, especially from a Global South perspective and in interaction with states and non-state actors.
In this seminar, Franzisca Zanker argued that understanding the political agency of migrants in post-colonial African states matters for policy-makers even beyond the continent. She also outlined ways we can study it in order to gain new insights.
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