Migrations, Solidarities and Routes (Un)Making in the Atlantic Sahara (2&3 Station)

This Caravan further explores and deepens the findings of the previous one by focusing on the implications of the artisanal fishing crisis for coastal communities and migration places of departure in several West African countries. It highlights the religious and familial dimensions that foster solidarity around undocumented migration. Additionally, this Caravan investigates the forms of institutional solidarity and living conditions in refugee camps on both sides of the Atlantic route—specifically in the Canary Islands (European side) and Mauritania (African side).

Art-Intervention and Methodology: The methodology utilized is filmic ethnography. J. Gonzalez Morandi’s film “The Adventure,” created during the first caravan, sparks discussion and reflection among the research participants. The goal of the current caravan is to produce the second and third episodes of Solroutes’ series on debordering solidarities.

Partners: Mauritanie Perspective, ASMD Senegal (Association pour la solidarité des migrants et des familles demunies), El Taller (Gran Canaria), la Comunità (Genova)