Unaccompanied Migrant Minors from Africa: The case of Mauritania
Résumé
Unaccompanied foreign minors from Mauritania are almost never listed in French published statistics, although they do leave their home country as the alarmist response of local organizations can testify. To understand this apparent contradiction, a study was carried out in Mauritania, involving 395 male minors (15-18 years old) and youths (above 18 years old). The study focused on three cities: Kaédi, Nouakchott and Nouadhibou. Its aim was to shed light on the following questions in order to address this illegal youth migration: 1) What are the main reasons for the illegal migration of minors? 2) Can poverty be considered as the principal cause for this phenomenon? 3) How can the adolescents' attitude toward the risks, including the danger of death, during the crossing be explained? In other words, how can their systematic refusal of fear and denial of death be understood? 4) How can we evaluate the impact of a positive perception regarding illegal migrants as it rises from cultural arguments brought about in society? What is the positive cultural perception that encourages illegal migration, and then how can we assess its impact on these perceptions and its result. 5) Upon which family strategies and established networks are these departures organized? 6) In what ways do migrant's temporary returns modify family matrimonial ties and pivotal caste structures? The study focuses on the cultural dynamics involved in this process of the illegal migration of minors and proposes a new way to consider this phenomenon.
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