For refugees, displacement involves a reconfiguration of both space and time. Yet the temporal aspect receives less emphasis in existing geographic research. Paying attention to the temporal dimension can generate conceptually innovative insights into how temporality shapes refugees' experiences of displacement. Based on empirical research conducted with Ethiopian refugees in Melbourne, the paper considers how the participants experienced time throughout their migration journeys until their arrival in Australia. The participants' accounts suggest that their pre-arrival displacement experiences were characterised by four novel distinct temporal features: spontaneity, disorientation, transposition, and incessancy. Recounting their stories, the participants pointed out that they were excluded from time and space, while simultaneously being engaged in temporary place-making endeavours, navigating through multiple temporalities. Being displaced has altered their connections not only to places but also to times of which they are a part. The paper expands the growing theme of time and temporalities in geographic and migration research while showing how refugee experiences are dictated and controlled by time.

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难民迁移中流离失所前的临时性：以澳大利亚重新安置的埃塞俄比亚难民为例

对于难民而言，流离失所涉及空间和时间的重新配置。然而，时间方面在现有地理研究中受到的重视较少。注重时间维度可以在概念上产生创新性的见解，以了解时间如何塑造难民的流离失所经历。基于对墨尔本埃塞俄比亚难民进行的实证研究，本文考虑了参与者在整个移民过程中如何经历时间，直到他们到达澳大利亚。参加者的陈述表明，他们的到达前流离失所经历具有四个新颖的​​独特时间特征：自发性， 迷失方向，移位和连续性。参加者在叙述他们的故事时指出，他们被排除在时间和空间之外，同时从事临时的场所营造活动，在多个时间范围内导航。流离失所者不仅改变了他们与地方的联系，而且改变了他们所参与的时代。本文在地理和移民研究中扩展了时间和时间这一日益增长的主题，同时展示了如何根据时间来决定和控制难民的经历。