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Migrations De Transit Dans La Région D'agadez (Sahara Nigérien) UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON-SORBONNE École doctorale de géographie de Paris U.F.R. de Géographie 2007 UN DÉSERT COSMOPOLITE. MIGRATIONS DE TRANSIT DANS LA RÉGION D’AGADEZ (SAHARA NIGÉRIEN) Thèse pour l’obtention du doctorat en géographie Présentée et soutenue publiquement le 19 décembre 2007 Julien BRACHET Sous la direction de Emmanuel GRÉGOIRE Membres du jury : - Jean-Louis CHALÉARD, Professeur à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (président). - Brigitte BERTONCELLO, Professeur à l’Université de Provence - Aix-Marseille I (rapporteuse). - André BOURGEOT, Anthropologue, Directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS (rapporteur). - Jérôme LOMBARD, Chargé de recherche à l’IRD (examinateur). - Olivier PLIEZ, Chargé de recherche au CNRS (examinateur). - Emmanuel GRÉGOIRE, Directeur de Recherche à l’IRD (directeur). 2 SOMMAIRE SOMMAIRE ................................................................................................................................. 3 REMERCIEMENTS....................................................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION GÉNÉRALE............................................................................................. 9 PREMIÈRE PARTIE DES CIRCULATIONS ANCIENNES AUX NOUVELLES LOGIQUES MIGRATOIRES : SAISIR LA TRAME DE LA MOBILITÉ INTERNATIONALE AU SAHARA CENTRAL ............................................................................................................ 33 CHAPITRE I. DES MIGRATIONS SAHÉLO-SAHARIENNES DES INDÉPENDANCES AUX MIGRATIONS TRANSSAHARIENNES CONTEMPORAINES : LA STRUCTURATION D’UN ESPACE MIGRATOIRE EN MILIEU DÉSERTIQUE ..................................................................................... 37 I. De la naissance à l’élargissement progressif du champ migratoire du Sahara nigérien II. Le Niger entre émigration et transit : le tournant des années 1990 CHAPITRE II. LES MIGRATIONS TRANSSAHARIENNES : UNE THÉORIE À CONSTRUIRE, UN SENS À (RE)DÉCOUVRIR ........................................................................................................... 59 I. Pourquoi migrent-ils ? Aux fondements du fait migratoire contemporain au Sahara II. Articuler la complexité du fait migratoire : la migration comme projet III. Formes et cadres de réalisation des migrations transsahariennes CHAPITRE III. PARCOURIR UN ESPACE PARCOURU : À LA RENCONTRE DU « TERRAIN »..... 87 I. Géographie du mouvement, géographie en mouvement. Questions de méthode II. Le « terrain » comme espace d’application, d’adaptation et de réinvention de la méthode 3 DEUXIÈME PARTIE AGADEZ VILLE OUVERTE (AUX CIRCULATIONS) ................................................ 111 CHAPITRE IV. AGADEZ, VILLE DU TRANSPORT. CROISEMENT DES ITINÉRAIRES ET CONNEXION DES RÉSEAUX ..................................................................................................... 117 I. Être migrant et le devenir socialement. La portée d’un statut peu enviable II. Les transports dans la ville : lieux et structures du transport de migrants III. Escroqueries, conflits et négociations autour des transports de migrants CHAPITRE V. AGADEZ, PLACE MARCHANDE INTERNATIONALE.......................................... 149 I. À la recherche du lien perdu : législation et pratiques dans les transports marchands II. Le transport mixte ou les échanges marchands comme support des migrations III. Un commerce à part : le « trafic » de cigarettes CHAPITRE VI. UN MIGRANT DANS LA VILLE. ÊTRE ÉTRANGER ET VOYAGEUR À AGADEZ 179 I. Se loger, être logé. Quelle place pour les étrangers de passage ? II. La difficile invention du quotidien III. Le départ, moment attendu et redouté TROISIÈME PARTIE ESPACES, TEMPS ET MODALITÉS DES TRAVERSÉES SAHARIENNES............ 211 CHAPITRE VII. DES STRATÉGIES D’ACTEURS QUI SE RÉPONDENT : LA VOIE DE L’ALGÉRIE « SOUS TENSION »................................................................................................................... 215 I. Arlit, de la ville évitée à la ville traversée II. Franchir la frontière. Variations sur le thème de l’irrégularité III. L’Algérie face aux migrations transsahariennes : entre fermeté et tolérance discrète CHAPITRE VIII. SUR LA VOIE LIBYENNE. LE KAWAR, UNE ROUTE, UNE ÉTAPE : DIRKOU 243 I. Parvenir à Dirkou : l’émergence d’une territorialité saharienne II. Dirkou, une oasis de transit cosmopolite III. « Si tu n'as plus d'argent ». Le Kawar, voie de passage, voie de garage IV. Mobilités sahariennes et construction de limites : Dirkou, une oasis enclavée ? CHAPITRE IX. LA LIBYE : DIFFICULTÉS D’ACCÈS, DE SÉJOUR ET DE RETOUR DES RESSORTISSANTS D’AFRIQUE SUBSAHARIENNE .................................................................... 281 I. Se rendre en Libye : une dernière étape onéreuse, difficile et risquée II. La Libye (nécessairement ?) ambiguë III. Revenir de Libye, retraverser l’épreuve du Sahara 4 QUATRIÈME PARTIE DÉTOUR ET RETOUR : RÉFLEXIONS AUTOUR DE L’ÉTAT ET AU CŒUR DES ÉTUDES MIGRATOIRES.................................................................................................. 313 CHAPITRE X. QUAND L’ÉTAT « PERD LE NORD ». CIRCULER AU SAHARA : DU CONTRÔLE CORROMPU À LA CLANDESTINITÉ.......................................................................................... 317 I. Vers une « institutionnalisation » de la corruption dans le Nord du Niger II. De l’État fraudeur à l’État contourné : évolution lente des pratiques et adaptation récente des acteurs dans le secteur des transports au Niger III. Migrations et organisation territoriale du Sahara central CHAPITRE XI. QUANTIFIER, CLASSIFIER, COMPRENDRE LE PHÉNOMÈNE MIGRATOIRE AU SAHARA .................................................................................................................................. 351 I. De l’évaluation quantitative des flux migratoires transsahariens II. Diversité et labilité des figures de migrants et de leurs pratiques migratoires III. Passer d’un monde à l’autre. La migration transsaharienne entre mythes et utopie CONCLUSION GÉNÉRALE.............................................................................................. 385 ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................ 399 BIBLIOGRAPHIE ..................................................................................................................... 417 TABLES DES ILLUSTRATIONS ................................................................................................. 445 TABLE DES MATIÈRES............................................................................................................ 451 5 6 REMERCIEMENTS Une thèse est à bien des égards une aventure solitaire, qui repose néanmoins sur l’échange et les multiples rencontres qui la façonnent. Je tiens ici à remercier les personnes qui ont contribué à faire de ces années de cheminement personnel et scientifique de très belles années. Ma reconnaissance s’adresse en premier lieu à Emmanuel Grégoire qui a accepté de diriger mes recherches tout en me laissant la liberté et l’autonomie dont j’avais besoin pour les mener à bien. Merci pour les conseils prodigués, la disponibilité et les encouragements permanents, notamment lors de mes longs séjours au Niger. Mes remerciements vont également aux personnes qui m’ont soutenu tout au début de ce chemin saharien : Yamina Djellouli et Sylvain Souchaud lorsque le Niger n’était encore qu’un vague projet, Jean-Pierre Guengant qui m’a accueilli à l’IRD à Niamey, et André Bourgeot qui m’a offert mes premiers repères en Aïr. Je tiens tout particulièrement à exprimer ma gratitude aux nombreuses personnes avec lesquelles j’ai pu parcourir un bout de chemin au Niger, principalement à Agadez, Arlit, Bilma, Dirkou et Timia. De quelques mots jetés en l’air à d’interminables discussions, du partage d’un thé au partage d’un toit, c’est là que tout s’est joué. Merci à ceux qui étaient chez eux et à ceux qui n’étaient que de passage d’avoir joué le jeu de la rencontre. À Niamey, je souhaite remercier l’équipe de l’Institut de Recherche en Sciences Humaines, et particulièrement Abdou Bontianti, Hamidou Sidikou, Alpha Gado et Boubé Gado qui m’ont accueilli et avec qui les débats ont toujours largement dépassé le cadre de nos échanges scientifiques. L’IRSH est une belle fenêtre sur le Niger d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. Je souhaite également remercier l’UR 105 de l’IRD pour son soutien, ainsi que toute l’équipe de l’IRD à Niamey pour leur accueil cordial dans un cadre de travail des plus agréables. Merci à Anne pour son hospitalité chaleureuse et ses éclairages sahéliens. À Paris, je tiens à remercier l’UMR Prodig et l’ensemble de ses membres pour leur accueil et leur soutien matériel depuis le DEA. À mes camarades doctorants de la « zone de recherche autonome » de Prodig : François, Marie, Marthe, Nader, Nicolas, Pascal… J’adresse des remerciements particuliers à ceux qui ont eu le courage de relire des « tranches » de cette thèse : Chantal Blanc-Pamard, Florence Boyer, Armelle Choplin, Olivier Ninot, Sylvain Prudhomme. Merci également à ceux qui ont participé à tout cela de manière plus informelle mais ô combien substantielle : Pierre-Étienne, Damien, Geoffroy, Éric, Dimitri, Julien, Thomas, Giorgia, Marie, Jean-François, Karl, Alissa, Cyrille… À mes parents et ma sœur, sur vos îles de l’autre bout du bout du monde, pour avoir compris les mois sans nouvelles et les années sans se voir. À Angèle, ma nièce intertropicale. 7 8 - INTRODUCTION GÉNÉRALE - Les migrations interrogent
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