ABSTRACT

This article introduces the concept of ‘trapped mobility’ as a way of analyzing the complexity of the lives of displaced young people at the borders between the Global South and Global North. ‘Trapped mobility’ results from state policies, for containing immigration and mobility at borders around the world and their impact on the experiences of displaced youth. The article’s contribution is to explore this concept both as a way of understanding (im)mobility and as an intersection between power structures and the experiences of trapped youth. Drawing on the notion of ‘being misled’, I show how ‘entrapment’ occurs and how borders are used to construct ‘trapped mobility’. The paper also synthesizes displaced young people's responses as a means of unpacking trapped mobility. The conclusions provide a deeper understanding of the logic of youth mobility and advance the theoretical comprehension of the new geographies of young people at borders.

摘要

本文介绍了“受困流动”的概念，以此来分析全球南方和全球北方边界处流离失所的年轻人生活的复杂性。“受困流动”源于国家政策，旨在遏制世界各地边界的移民和流动及其对流离失所青年经历的影响。本文的贡献是探索这一概念，既是理解（不动）流动的一种方式，也是权力结构与受困青年经历之间的交叉点。利用“被误导”的概念，我展示了“诱捕”是如何发生的，以及边界是如何被用来构建“受困流动性”的。该论文还综合了流离失所的年轻人的反应，作为解开受困流动性的一种手段。