María Hernández Carretero is an anthropologist and migration researcher. She has conducted ethnographic research on migration from Senegal to Europe (especially Spain) since 2007, including on the pirogue route to the Canary Islands, and how migrants relate to Spanish and European efforts to control it. She has recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Social Anthropology of the University of Oslo.
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and SlaveryTrying to stay afloat without drowning: migrants reopen route to the Spanish Canary Islands
As COVID-19 measures close borders within Africa, migrants find new ways to stay mobile.