Revista de Economía Mundial ISSN: 1576-0162
[email protected] Sociedad de Economía Mundial España Sutcliffe, Bob The Path of the Sea: Human Migration Across the Western Mediterranean Revista de Economía Mundial, núm. 14, 2006, pp. 121-169 Sociedad de Economía Mundial Huelva, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=86617194006 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative ISSN: 1576-0162 THE PATH OF THE SEA: HUMAN MIGRATION ACROSS THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN EL CAMINO DEL MAR: MIGRACIONES HUMANAS A TRAVÉS DEL MEDITERRÁNEO OCCIDENTAL Bob Sutcliffe
[email protected] Recibido: septiembre de 2005; aceptado: febrero de 2006 ABSTRACT This article looks at some of the characteristics, causes and consequences of the present day migrations from the southern Mediterranean countries to Western Europe, concentrating on the three Maghrebi countries, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, especially the latter. The most detailed sections will zoom in further to look at the vortex of this migration – the Strait which bears the name of Gibril Tarik, who crossed it with an army of 7,000 in 712 D.C. to conquer the southern Iberian peninsular and to found the civilization of Andalus and which today forms both a passage and a barrier between the world wealth and the world of poverty. Keywords: Migration; Western Mediterranean. RESUMEN Este artículo explora algunas de las características, causas y consecuencias de las migraciones actuales desde los países del sur del Mediterráneo hacia Europa Occidental, concentrándose en los tres países magrebíes: Túnez, Argelia y Marruecos (particularmente en este último).