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The Kurdish diaspora in France : from invisibility to refugee status since the 1980s
Rondeau, Coline
20193rd International Kurdish Studies Conference
 

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Keywords :
Kurdish Diaspora; Invisibility; Turkey; Identity; Migration
Abstract :
[en] The proposed study mobilizes written sources from the French State (general information, prefectures). These have so far identified 302 Kurds from Turkey and 2,449 Turks who have passed through, settled or been born in western France since the 1970s. These sources make it possible to understand the specific characteristics of Kurdish migration from Turkey, their settlement in a territory qualified as a “low immigration area”. Their journeys and migration patterns showed growing correlation and links with those of former economic migrants from Turkey in the 1970s, whether Turks or Turkey-based Kurds. This observation then triggers further questioning and investigations related to the relations between these first generations of migrants and the more recent Kurd refugees (for instance, where did they come from and where did they live in France?). The proposed study examined the various migration strategies and networks (political, family...) developed by Kurdish asylum seekers. In addition, there are the power games and tools available to the Kurds to assert their identity in order to obtain “refugee” status and no longer be “invisible”. This question of invisibility raises questions about how and why some Kurds tended to express or hide their identity during their administrative procedures.
Disciplines :
History
Author, co-author :
Rondeau, Coline ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Form. doct. sc. pol. & soc. (ISHS - paysage)
Language :
English
Title :
The Kurdish diaspora in France : from invisibility to refugee status since the 1980s
Publication date :
25 June 2019
Event name :
3rd International Kurdish Studies Conference
Event organizer :
Middlesex University
Minority Rigths Group International
Centre for Kurdish Progress
Kurdish Research Network
Event place :
London, United Kingdom
Event date :
du 25 juin 2019 au 26 juin 2019
Audience :
International
References of the abstract :
https://www.mdx.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/523802/3RD-INTERNATIONAL-KURDISH-STUDIES-CONFERENCE-10.06.19-Short-version.pdf
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