We Get Nothing from Fishing. Fishing for Boat Opportunities Amongst Senegalese Fisher Migrants.

We Get Nothing from Fishing. Fishing for Boat Opportunities Amongst Senegalese Fisher Migrants.

The world is regularly confronted on television and in other mass media with dramatic images of African boat migrants. Seemingly desperate, these Africans, most of them males, are willing to risk a perilous journey at sea, hoping for a better life in Europe. And, even worse, hundreds more are believ...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Langaa RPCIG 2010.
Subjects:
Fishing > Senegal.
Fishers > Senegal.
Fishers
Fishing
Senegal
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter One. Themes and methodology of the project
  • Introduction
  • Research site and background
  • Saint Louis
  • Guet Ndar
  • Yarakh and Thiaroye-sur-Mer
  • Mbour
  • Kayar
  • Methodology
  • Chapters and thematic review
  • Notes
  • Chapter Two. The genesis of boat migration
  • Introduction
  • Overview of migration
  • Boat migration in Senegal
  • Organisation of boat migration
  • Demographics of boat migration
  • Profile of the migrants
  • Boat migration and margins
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter Three. Fishermen in boat migration
  • Introduction
  • Overview of the fishing economy
  • The role of the fishermen and their involvement in boat migration
  • Exorbitant cost of fishing and cost of materials
  • Lack of resources
  • Unemployment and increased insecure employment
  • Corned mareyeur/fishermen by local and European partners
  • Fishing, religion and 8216;maraboutage
  • The effects of boat migration on the fishery sector
  • Effects of boat migration on the family
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter Four. The economy of boat migration
  • Introduction
  • Consequences of boat migration on relationships at home
  • The story of Ahmed and family
  • Another dimension of 8216;maraboutage
  • The family
  • Successful migrants
  • Unsuccessful migrants/failed migration
  • 8220;Sans papiers8221;
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter Five. Perceptions of Europe and ideologies about migration
  • Introduction
  • Migrants perception of Europe and imagined migration
  • Appropriating knowledge, language and attitude
  • Europe/migration as a safety valve
  • Perception of successful migrants
  • Machismo
  • Migrants perceptions and ideologies of the spiritual/grigri powers of Marabouts
  • Sub-culture of migration
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter Six. Navigating and harnessing networks in the migration process
  • Introduction
  • The role of the family (parents)
  • Muslim Brotherhood or the dahira Confraternity
  • Strangers/luck
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter Seven. Governance and fishing policies
  • Introduction
  • Policies regulating fisheries in Senegal
  • Issuance of fishing licences to foreign boats
  • Abuse of concessions to artisanal fishers and local boats
  • Need for greater concerted efforts by the fishers
  • Attention to other sectors over fishery
  • European Union/African Policies to curb boat migration
  • Policing sea and land borders
  • Bilateral protocol
  • Role of nongovernmental and intergovernmentalorganizations
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Chapter Eight. Conclusion
  • Recommendation
  • References
  • Back Cover.

Similar Items