Social and economic conflicts bring along irregular migrations, which are risky and
dangerous and lead to humanitarian movements on a global scale. Irregular migration
movements increasingly have become a problem of identity, belonging and recognition, and
bring with new areas of discussion. Irregular migration, which goes beyond being a
phenomenon that nation states can control alone, is perceived as a security threat, especially
by European countries, and restrictions are increased with revised migration policies. The
blockage of legal routes increases the demand for illegal methods and makes migrant
smuggling more apparent. On the other hand, the Mediterranean, which is used as a
migration route to reach Europe, has almost become identified with the bodies washed
ashore. The number of recorded deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean reveals that the
phenomenon of migration is a matter of right to life beyond the political, economic, and
social interests of the nation states and accelerated the discussion of the problem on
different platforms. Based on this, the film Terraferma, which is about irregular migration
over the Mediterranean, was examined as a research subject and analyzed using the
dramaturgical analysis technique. The film has been thematically interpreted on the basis of
the plot, main idea, assumption, conflicts and characters. Policies such as the fact that global
inequalities put pressure on the developed countries with irregular migration on one hand,
and the situation of ignoring the phenomenon of irregular migration with strict migration on
the other have been evaluated together.
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Author Name: Elif GÜN, Handan TEKEMEN
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Keywords: Sociology Irregular Migration Migrant Smuggling Global Inequality Dramaturgical Analysis
ISSN: 2757-5942
EISSN: 2757-5942
EOI/DOI: 10.52108/2757-5942.2.1.4
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