Felicity Atieno Okoth

PhD Candidate, Coordinator IMER, Bergen

E-mailfelicity.okoth@uib.no
Visitor Address
Fosswinckels gate 6

Lauritz Meltzers hus

5007 Bergen
Postal Address
Postboks 7802

5020 Bergen

Felicity's background is in migration research focusing on Sub-Saharan African migrants. She is currently pursuing her PhD at UiB's Department of Social Anthropology. Her research looks at the situated and translocal practices of Sub-Saharan African migrants in Nairobi, Kenya and how these influence their migration aspirations (return or move to third countries).

The EU’s migration blind spots. Rather than addressing the so-called migration crisis, the EU has moved it to Africa

What the EU can learn from Africa: Many African countries are mainstreaming migration governance for greater coherence and inclusivity. Europe can draw some valuable lessons from this.

Okoth, F. (2022). The Subaltern Can Speak: The Mobility Strategies of Forced Migrants in Kenya’s Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement. In Lemberg-Pedersen et al. (Eds.), Postcoloniality and Forced Migration Mobility, Control, Agency (pp 209-222). Bristol University Press.

Landau, B., et al. (2018). Free and Safe Movement in Africa: Research to Promote People’s Safe and Encumbered Movement across International Borders. New York: African Minds

Okoth, F. (2018). The Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework: Perspectives from Kenya. Not Always on a Boat to Europe: Movements of Africans Within and Beyond the Continent, 2. Heinrich Boll Stiftung, Cape Town