![]() ![]() Their migration to Europe is often irregular. Somali youth are driven to flee the regions of the former Somali Republic by the perilous fragility of state institutions, political instability, human rights abuses and a lack of livelihood opportunities. ![]() This chapter examines the impact of family separation on the everyday security of left-behind family members of Somali asylum seekers in Europe. The chapter provides a unique translocal analysis that connects the effects of immigration policies in Europe to the everyday (in)securities of families in Somalia. The findings show that family separation affects family members’ everyday security in Somalia through four broad dimensions of family life, namely, emotional, health-related, material and social dimensions. The chapter draws on 42 semi-structured, in-depth individual interviews with family members of rejected Somali asylum seekers in Europe the interviews were conducted in Somaliland and Puntland, Somalia, in March–April 2019 and January–February 2020. Coupled with recent policy changes in Europe, these developments have significantly increased the time migrants spend in transit countries and in Europe as rejected asylum seekers, profoundly affecting the everyday life and wellbeing of their families in Somalia. During the past 10 years, many young people have migrated from Somalia as a result of socio-political developments in the Horn of Africa. The focus is on the everyday security of family members left behind in Somalia. In this chapter, I examine the impact of prolonged family separation on the families of rejected Somali asylum seekers in Europe.
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