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Exploring the Frontiers of Solidarity and Intimacy in Refugee “Solidarity” Movements in France

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: In the face of continued refugee arrivals, militarising of borders, and decreasing State support, France has experienced a rapid growth in refugee “solidarity” organisations. These informal organisations, often composed of volunteers who have no previous experience of engagement with migration issues, offer a range of services such as housing, economic support, social or legal assistance. But whilst this growth of citizen “solidarity'' towards refugees may be welcome in providing services which the State is not, there is also potential for the production of gendered and racialised forms of violence and exploitation. In this article we explore the meanings of sexuality and intimacy in these relationships between volunteers and refugees, and the structures of power and inequality within which they are situated. We analyse the gendered and racialised dimensions of these relations and the ways in which “solidarity” may produce violence and exploitation.

Source: DiGeSt Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies

DOI: 10.21825/digest.90131

Authors: Jane Freedman, Glenda Santana de Andrade

Institutions: Centre de recherches sociologiques et politiques de Paris, Université Paris 8

Language: English

Topic: Migration and Exile Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Reduced inequalities, Gender equality

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4402521575

FWCI: 0.733

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Cited by: 1

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