Database

Bouchouk & Mansour, ‘Migrant Workers in Algeria – A Journey of Looking for a Safe and Hopeful Haven: Past, Reality and Dreams’, 2024

Subject Area

Refugee/Asylum

Source

Academic

Type

Reports

Location

Africa

Year Published

2024

Summary

Soumia Bouchouk & Hanane Mansour, ‘Migrant Workers in Algeria – A Journey of Looking for a Safe and Hopeful Haven: Past, Reality and Dreams’, 2024, MADAR Network.

Abstract

The interviews, conducted by a team of researchers from the Center for Research in Applied Economics for Development, fall within the MADAR work package, which addresses the issue of the integration of migrants into the informal economy in Algeria. This booklet has been prepared in collaboration with researchers and photographic artists. The booklet collects accounts and photos of immigrants of different nationalities. The migrants expressed their appreciation for the initiative and saw it as a way to express their opinions. They shared their experiences regarding migration, its causes, arriving in Algeria, and the process of searching for work.