当前位置: X-MOL 学术Journal of Southern African Studies › 论文详情
Our official English website, www.x-mol.net, welcomes your feedback! (Note: you will need to create a separate account there.)
Navigating Insecurities in Foreign Territory: The Experiences of Zimbabwean Irregular Immigrants at a South African Informal Settlement
Journal of Southern African Studies ( IF 0.864 ) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 , DOI: 10.1080/03057070.2023.2180720
Owen Nyamwanza

This article discusses the insecurity challenges faced by irregular Zimbabwean immigrants as well as mitigatory strategies they deploy to survive in an informal settlement in Pretoria East, South Africa. Globally, immigrants (especially irregular immigrants) have been and continue to be viewed and treated as societal and state security threats in the host societies. In response to this perceived or real security threat, a raft of often punitive ‘defensive’ measures is implemented by the host state and society. By contrast, the insecurity experienced by the immigrants themselves at the hands of the host state and society is rarely highlighted, but rather glossed over or at worst played down as non-events. More so, their defensive survival strategies are heavily policed if not criminalised. This article analyses the range of short- to long-term individual and collective strategies deployed by the state, its agents, the host society and immigrants alike in navigating and negotiating insecurity. The article concludes by noting that the varied security strategies deployed are underlined by self-interest on the part of the many actors involved in the security–insecurity matrix, hence the recurrence of insecurity over time.



中文翻译:

驾驭外国领土的不安全感:津巴布韦非正规移民在南非非正式定居点的经历

本文讨论了非正规津巴布韦移民面临的不安全挑战,以及他们为在南非比勒陀利亚东部的非正式定居点生存而部署的缓解策略。在全球范围内,移民(尤其是非正规移民)一直并将继续被视为东道国社会和国家安全的威胁。为了应对这种感知到的或真实的安全威胁,东道国和社会实施了大量通常是惩罚性的“防御”措施。相比之下,移民自己在东道国和社会手中所经历的不安全感很少被强调,而是被掩盖或最坏的情况下被淡化为非事件。更重要的是,他们的防御性生存策略即使没有被定罪也受到严格监管。本文分析了国家、其代理人、东道国社会和移民在驾驭和谈判不安全方面所部署的短期到长期的个人和集体战略的范围。文章最后指出,安全-不安全矩阵中涉及的许多参与者的自身利益强调了所部署的各种安全策略,因此随着时间的推移会反复出现不安全。

更新日期:2023-03-06
down
wechat
bug