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Discussing experiences of crossing borders inevitably creates one of two frames: criminality, or victimization and vulnerability. There is little space in between to consider agency and existence, experience and personal reality. Those who have crossed borders and survived are often talked about rather than taking platforms to talk. What is left with is a gaping hole in experiential knowledge that, when filled, leads us to think differently about migration and mobility, and in particular time and temporality. In this chapter, Karam Yahya brings the stories and real-life experiences of the refugees’ odyssey, following the route from refugee camps in Jordan, Turkey, Greece, and Balkan route to Germany. The aim of this chapter is to provide a first-hand perspective and to conceptualize the process of “stealing time”.
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Yahya, K. (2021). Journey and Encampment Observations: Liminality and the “Protracted Refugee Situation”. In: Bhatia, M., Canning, V. (eds) Stealing Time. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69897-3_2
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