Journal title MONDI MIGRANTI
Author/s Deborah Erminio
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/1
Language Italian Pages 30 P. 88-117 File size 424 KB
DOI 10.3280/MM2026-001005
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The article analyses the condition of people experiencing homelessness on the basis of an empirical study conducted in 2023, with particular attention to migratory trajectories and the ways urban space is used. The findings show that homelessness is characterised by high levels of mobility, which can be distinguished into “stable”, “seasonal” and “transitory” forms, as well as by differentiated pathways into street homelessness. In particular, three recurring profiles emerge among foreign nationals: individuals exiting asylum reception systems without achieving autonomy; people in situations of legal irregularity, excluded from access to employment and public services; and individuals whose socio-economic integration pathways have been interrupted following the loss of a residence permit. The article also highlights how, despite the absence of a material dwelling (house), people experiencing homelessness develop practices of symbolic appropriation of public space, reconstructing forms of home and informal social capital through daily routines and relationships with places and urban actors. Within this framework, eviction and displacement measures, often justified in the name of urban decorum, appear to be largely ineffective in governing the phenomenon, whereas approaches centred on proximity-based social work would prove more productive.
Keywords: foreign nationals experiencing homelessness; urban mobility; symbolic appropriation of public space; migration; social capital.
Deborah Erminio, Dalla migrazione alla strada in "MONDI MIGRANTI" 1/2026, pp 88-117, DOI: 10.3280/MM2026-001005