This text focuses on gender and age, offering an insight into who migrates and who doesn’t, reasons for migrating, experiences of the migration process and what life is like for different groups of migrants and refugees when, and if, they reach their destinations.
Migration journeys take place within countries, regions and internationally and involve many different people all with their own motivations. Decisions to migrate may be forced, in situations of conflict and disaster, or they may involve different degrees of choice and agency, and combinations of motivation and coercion. They are always, however, made in response to a complex mixture of social, economic and political pressures, incentives and norms. Characteristics such as gender and age play a strong role in influencing whether particular groups of people migrate, or stay where they are.
Just as there are many different reasons why people migrate, there are also diverse experiences of migration and displacement, influenced by a range of social, economic and political factors. People’s gender and age play a key role in their migration experiences, making them more or less likely to experience sexual and gender based violence, or particular types of labour exploitation and human trafficking. Gender and age impact upon access to family reunification processes as well as asylum and citizenship. Social norms also bring an important dynamic to experiences of migration.
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Извор: WUNRN – 21.06.2016
