ABSTRACT
This chapter uses interviews and secondary data to highlight how migration was utilised as a way of surviving the crisis. It does not seek to romanticise the role migration played as a survival strategy. The chapter does not seek to overstate the positive aspects of migration without highlighting emerging issues in Zimbabwe such as child and women trafficking, unaccompanied child migration and xenophobia attacks in South Africa. The chapter shows how migration within the current Zimbabwean context has been used as a survival strategy in various ways. It focuses on providing an overview of the experiences of various people involved in migration-based livelihood options post-2000. The chapter concentrates on outlining the precursors such as farm occupations, the Fast Track Land Reform Programme, political violence, sanctions, corruption and continuous economic mismanagement. A rather recent phenomenon within the context of migration-based livelihoods is the emergence of child migrants.
