Affective Conflict Transportation? Everyday Presence of Conflict among People of Somali Origin in Finland

Cæcilie Svop Jensen

doi:10.33134/njmr.768

Affective Conflict Transportation? Everyday Presence of Conflict among People of Somali Origin in Finland

Nordic Journal of Migration Research

Volume 15 (2025): Issue 1

By: Cæcilie Svop Jensen

Open Access

|Jul 2024

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