Videos

For some time now, Greece has been a passage for people seeking security and better life prospects in Europe. In recent years it has become a necessary stopover. Having experienced multiple losses and passed through long and difficult journeys, many may see their displacement getting protracted, as they are faced with border and migration regimes. Yet their lives and deeds are not only marked by immobility, passivity and victimhood, but also daily struggle, learning and creativit... Read more

The TRAFIG data dashboard is a visual toolbox to provide first insight into the findings of our TRAFIG survey data on the conditions, trajectories and networks of protractedly displaced persons. The MCM data panel displays the degree of displaced persons’ mobility, their network connectivity and their marginalization, which we use as proxy for protracted displacement. For each of these 3 dimensions 8 key indicators reflect the respondents’ answers to a set of relevant sur... Read more

by Andrea Fantino, Italy, 2021

6 characters, 3 locations, one country: Italy. From North to South, from Cuneo to Castel Volturno, passing through Rome, “Is my place here?” collects the testimonies of refugees from sub-Saharan Africa that share their life path, conditioned by the precariousness of the Italian and European reception system. “Luck” and “will” – cornerstones within which to move one’s steps, according to one of the documentary’s protagonists – seem to dissolve... Read more

This 5min-introductory video about Leiden University's TRAFIG fieldwork in the Netherlands was co-created by Sapin Makengele and Oussama El Khairi and supervised by Dr. Catherina Wilson.

The research team has been able to speak to refugees and migrants, from the DR Congo and other neighboring states, about their life and community. Sapin and Oussama explain what drives them to research the mobility and connectivity of the Congolese diaspora in The Netherlands. Furt... Read more

What is the TRAFIG project about? Find out more about the core of our research, our aims, and our framework in TRAFIG’s introductory video.