The Big Gamble by Milena Belloni PAPERBACK 9780520298705

The Big GambleThe Migration of Eritreans to Europe\nAuthor(s): Milena Belloni\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of California Press, United States\nImprint: University of California Press\nISBN-13: 9780520298705, 978-0520298705\nSynopsis\nA free open access ---- is available upon publication. Learn more at [url]\n\n Tens of thousands of Eritreans make perilous voyages across Africa and the Mediterranean Sea every year. Why do they risk their lives to reach European countries where so many more hardships await them? By visiting family homes in Eritrea and living with refugees in camps and urban peripheries across Ethiopia, Sudan, and Italy, Milena Belloni untangles the reasons behind one of the most under-researched refugee populations today. Balancing encounters with refugees and their families, smugglers, and visa officers, The Big Gamble contributes to ongoing debates about blurred boundaries between forced and voluntary migration, the complications of transnational marriag.