Abstract
ABSTRACT Within migration studies, camp conditions have been extensively investigated, yet scholars have relatively overlooked the vital role that post-camp conditions play in migrants’ journeys. Drawing from extensive ethnographic fieldwork in Europe, 20 biographical interviews and informal conversations with Sub-Saharan male migrants, this article explores the immobility of a population made hyper-mobile within Europe and investigates how migrants navigate their housing precarity and maintain spaces of autonomy. I demonstrate that refuge-zones are a direct consequence of restrictive migration policies, serving as physical locations for claiming the right to sedentariness and a practical solution to live with dignity. Marooned migrants, while fending for themselves, maintain (self)caring projects sustained by moral communities which create an audible sociability and a form of permanence, albeit fragile. I argue that refuge-zones, beyond providing shelter, enable migrants to endure their frustration while fostering hope for a better future.
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