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Spaces of transit, migration management and migrant agency

Rethinking the 'crisis' narrative among the stories of transit, refuge and hope.

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Parliament Square in London is transformed into a 'graveyard of lifejackets' using 2,500 lifejackets worn by refugees crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Chios. PAimages/Philip Toscano. All rights reserved.On their long journeys, people seeking refuge in Europe pass through and stay in various places of transit.

These can be informal spaces such as railways stations, parks and makeshift camps or institutionalised spaces such as reception centres, detention centres and hotspots. These are places of passage and temporary residence, of welcome and solidarity, and of detention and rejection.