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Eleven ‘Bienvenue chez les grands!’: young migrant cigarette vendors in Marseille

Abstract

Using the example of irregular North African child migrants in the port city of Marseille, France, this chapter explores some boundaries of the meaning of child trafficking. Many of these young people may not start their journey as trafficking victims, believing stories passed back to them that migration may offer the route to a better life than is available in the Maghreb. Whether or not they actually cross other borders, they enter what is termed liminal ‘borderlands’. The chapter examines how these young Maghrebi migrants cross physical and social borders while trying to build a life in the cityscape and social hierarchy of Marseille. It also looks at the interplay of their efforts to create a place in Marseille, and local policies to come to terms with their presence. Cigarette vendors evidently have their own, meaningful place in the cityscape of Marseille, more particularly in the markets.

Abstract

Using the example of irregular North African child migrants in the port city of Marseille, France, this chapter explores some boundaries of the meaning of child trafficking. Many of these young people may not start their journey as trafficking victims, believing stories passed back to them that migration may offer the route to a better life than is available in the Maghreb. Whether or not they actually cross other borders, they enter what is termed liminal ‘borderlands’. The chapter examines how these young Maghrebi migrants cross physical and social borders while trying to build a life in the cityscape and social hierarchy of Marseille. It also looks at the interplay of their efforts to create a place in Marseille, and local policies to come to terms with their presence. Cigarette vendors evidently have their own, meaningful place in the cityscape of Marseille, more particularly in the markets.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgements and dedication vii
  4. Notes on contributors viii
  5. List of abbreviations xiii
  6. List of boxes, figures, tables and photos xv
  7. Introduction: Child slavery worldwide 1
  8. Strategic overviews
  9. Child slavery today 21
  10. Constructing the international legal framework 43
  11. Just out of reach: the challenges of ending the worst forms of child labour 61
  12. Child domestic labour: a global concern 81
  13. Child trafficking: a modern form of slavery 99
  14. Clarity and consistency in understanding child exploitation: a UK perspective 117
  15. A human rights approach to preventing child sex trafficking 133
  16. Child rights, culture and exploitation: UK experiences of child trafficking 145
  17. Themes, issues and case studies
  18. Preventing child trafficking in India: the role of education 163
  19. Birth registration: a tool for prevention, protection and prosecution 175
  20. ‘Bienvenue chez les grands!’: young migrant cigarette vendors in Marseille 189
  21. Child domestic labour: fostering in transition? 203
  22. Extreme forms of child labour in Turkey 215
  23. Haliya and kamaiya bonded child labourers in Nepal 227
  24. Sex trafficking in Nepal 243
  25. The role of the arts in resisting recruitment as child soldiers and ‘wives’: experience from Uganda and Nepal 257
  26. International adoption and child trafficking in Ecuador 271
  27. Child slavery in South and South East Asia 285
  28. Routes to child slavery in Central America 297
  29. Resources 307
  30. The end of child slavery? 317
  31. Index 327
Child slavery now
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https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847429469-016

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgements and dedication vii
  4. Notes on contributors viii
  5. List of abbreviations xiii
  6. List of boxes, figures, tables and photos xv
  7. Introduction: Child slavery worldwide 1
  8. Strategic overviews
  9. Child slavery today 21
  10. Constructing the international legal framework 43
  11. Just out of reach: the challenges of ending the worst forms of child labour 61
  12. Child domestic labour: a global concern 81
  13. Child trafficking: a modern form of slavery 99
  14. Clarity and consistency in understanding child exploitation: a UK perspective 117
  15. A human rights approach to preventing child sex trafficking 133
  16. Child rights, culture and exploitation: UK experiences of child trafficking 145
  17. Themes, issues and case studies
  18. Preventing child trafficking in India: the role of education 163
  19. Birth registration: a tool for prevention, protection and prosecution 175
  20. ‘Bienvenue chez les grands!’: young migrant cigarette vendors in Marseille 189
  21. Child domestic labour: fostering in transition? 203
  22. Extreme forms of child labour in Turkey 215
  23. Haliya and kamaiya bonded child labourers in Nepal 227
  24. Sex trafficking in Nepal 243
  25. The role of the arts in resisting recruitment as child soldiers and ‘wives’: experience from Uganda and Nepal 257
  26. International adoption and child trafficking in Ecuador 271
  27. Child slavery in South and South East Asia 285
  28. Routes to child slavery in Central America 297
  29. Resources 307
  30. The end of child slavery? 317
  31. Index 327
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