Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen

This paper looks into cross border migrations from the scope of the social differences they unveil. It focuses on the case of two French migrants having left Lille’s surroundings to settle in Belgian border cities. The first part shows that the meaning and social value of migrations vary according t...

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Main Author: Garance Clément
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography 2015-06-01
Series:Belgeo
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/16520
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spelling doaj-dc33e0b8780547689f8cd2ec9a4d8c492021-02-02T02:53:38ZengSociété Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of GeographyBelgeo1377-23682294-91352015-06-01210.4000/belgeo.16520Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européenGarance ClémentThis paper looks into cross border migrations from the scope of the social differences they unveil. It focuses on the case of two French migrants having left Lille’s surroundings to settle in Belgian border cities. The first part shows that the meaning and social value of migrations vary according to the social class of migrants. This social distinction is then used to expose inequalities in the way people can access European space. To conclude, cross border migrations between France and Belgium, far from being an homogeneous flux, show the unequal access border citizens have to the European area.http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/16520bordermigrationmobilityresidential strategysocial classes
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Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen
Belgeo
border
migration
mobility
residential strategy
social classes
author_facet Garance Clément
author_sort Garance Clément
title Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen
title_short Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen
title_full Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen
title_fullStr Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen
title_full_unstemmed Migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen
title_sort migrants transfrontaliers et inégalités d’accès à l’espace européen
publisher Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
series Belgeo
issn 1377-2368
2294-9135
publishDate 2015-06-01
description This paper looks into cross border migrations from the scope of the social differences they unveil. It focuses on the case of two French migrants having left Lille’s surroundings to settle in Belgian border cities. The first part shows that the meaning and social value of migrations vary according to the social class of migrants. This social distinction is then used to expose inequalities in the way people can access European space. To conclude, cross border migrations between France and Belgium, far from being an homogeneous flux, show the unequal access border citizens have to the European area.
topic border
migration
mobility
residential strategy
social classes
url http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/16520
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