Located at the intersection of two key literatures—refugee and sport migration studies—this article offers original insights into the lived and embodied experiences of young men migrating from Gaza to Europe. Drawing upon interviews with young Gazan men throughout the migration process and upon digital ethnography conducted from 2013 to 2018, it explains how these men used their physical prowess in the informal sport of parkour, combined with digital entrepreneurialism, to navigate alternative routes of migration to Europe. In prioritizing the young men’s narratives and offering rich empirical insight into the creative actions and strategic decisions made by youth at various stages throughout migration journeys, we challenge dominant portrayals of young refugees as “victims.” Migration is, thus, revealed as an ongoing and multi-dimensional process of becoming that operates within and across physical and digital spaces and over time. The first to evidence the struggles, creativity, and agency of Gazan youth in their efforts to escape lives of conflict and poverty, the article also prompts conceptual and methodological questions for youth and sport migration research. In particular, it highlights the need to explore the possibilities of digital methodologies for understanding the experiences of those in “hard to reach” places and those “on the move.”

本文位于难民和体育移民研究这两个主要文献的交汇处，本文为从加沙移民到欧洲的年轻人的生活和具体经历提供了独到的见解。借助在整个迁移过程中对加沙年轻人的采访以及2013年至2018年进行的数字人种志，该书解释了这些人如何在非正式的跑酷运动中运用自身的身体才能，结合数字企业家精神，来探索向欧洲迁移的替代路线。在优先考虑年轻人的叙述并为青年人在整个移徙旅程的各个阶段所采取的创造性行动和战略决策提供丰富的经验见解时，我们对青年难民占主导地位的刻画“受害者”提出了挑战。因此，迁移是 被揭示为一个持续的，多维的发展过程，它在物理和数字空间之内和之间以及随着时间的流逝而运作。这篇文章率先证明了加沙青年在摆脱冲突和贫困生活中的努力，创造力和作用力，同时也提出了青年和体育移民研究的概念和方法论问题。特别是，它强调需要探索数字方法的可能性，以理解“难以到达”的地方和“移动中”的人们的经验。本文还提示了有关青年和体育迁移研究的概念和方法论问题。特别是，它强调需要探索数字方法的可能性，以理解“难以到达”的地方和“移动中”的人们的经验。本文还提示了有关青年和体育迁移研究的概念和方法论问题。特别是，它强调需要探索数字方法的可能性，以理解“难以到达”的地方和“移动中”的人们的经验。