Over the past two decades, Zimbabwe has become synonymous with emigration, as declining economic and political conditions have driven a large portion of its citizens to other neighboring countries on the African continent and beyond. Not surprisingly, a number of studies have documented Zimbabweans’ outward movement to countries such as South Africa and the United Kingdom. Implicit in these works is an understanding that the country has stopped attracting international migrants, particularly those from the Global North. In Deviant Destinations, Rose Jaji challenges the view of Zimbabwe purely as an emigration state by focusing on migrants from the Global North who moved to the country before and after the onset of the current crisis. Jaji argues that despite the myriad of challenges facing Zimbabwe, which makes it far from the archetypical migrant destination, a significant number of migrants from the Global North still continue to find the country an attractive destination—hence, the book’s title Deviant Destinations.

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书评：偏差的目的地：津巴布韦和北向南的迁徙

在过去的二十年中，津巴布韦已成为移民的代名词，因为经济和政治条件的下降已将其很大一部分公民驱逐到非洲大陆及其他地区的其他邻国。毫不奇怪，许多研究记录了津巴布韦人向南非和英国等国的外迁。这些工作的隐含含义是该国已停止吸引国际移民，特别是来自全球北部的国际移民。在偏离目的地，罗斯·贾吉（Rose Jaji）着眼于全球危机之前和之后移居该国的，来自全球北部的移民，这完全挑战了津巴布韦作为一个移民国家的观点。贾吉认为，尽管津巴布韦面临着无数挑战，这使它远离了典型的移民目的地，但仍有大量来自全球北部的移民继续将该国视为一个有吸引力的目的地，因此，该书的标题为《偏离目的地》。