Sans Papiers : : the social and economic lives of young undocumented migrants /

Sans Papiers : : the social and economic lives of young undocumented migrants / / Alice Bloch, Nando Sigona and Roger Zetter.

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Undocumented migration is a huge global phenomenon, yet little is known about the reality of life for those involved. Sans Papiers combines a contemporary account of the theoretical and policy debates with an in-depth exploration of the lived experiences of undocumented migrants in the UK from Zimba...

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VerfasserIn:
Bloch, Alice, 1945-
Sigona, Nando ,
Zetter, Roger ,
TeilnehmendeR:
Sigona, Nando ,
Zetter, Roger ,
Place / Publishing House:London, [England] : : Pluto Press,, 2014.
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (200 pages)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contents note continued: Remittances and Undocumented Migrants' Transnationalism
  • Conclusion
  • 7.Intersecting Youth and Legal Status
  • Myself as a Young Person
  • Youth as a Driver of Migration
  • Youth and the Risk of `Illegality'
  • Being Young and Undocumented in Britain
  • No Right to Dream
  • Making (And Not Making) Plans for the Future
  • Was it Worthwhile?
  • Conclusion
  • 8.Conclusion
  • Current Policy and Political Climates
  • Looking Forward or Looking Back? The Immigration Bill
  • Rights, Segregation and Marginalisation
  • Concluding Reflections.
  • Contents note continued: Confronting the Reality
  • Undocumentedness in Everyday Life: Encounters and Consequences
  • Accommodation
  • Education
  • Health Care
  • Finance
  • Sexual Exploitation
  • Coping in the Public Realm: Mobility and Communication
  • Conclusion
  • 5.Legal Status and the Labour Market
  • Situating Experiences of Employment
  • The Wider Economic Context
  • Precariousness: The Case of Undocumented Migrants
  • Migrant Agency
  • Employment: An Overview of Labour-Market Experiences
  • Finding Employment: Social Networks, Agencies, `Middle-Men' and Paying for Jobs
  • Employment and Individual Agency
  • Managing Without Work
  • Conclusion
  • 6.Fragile Communities: Social Networks and Geographies of Undocumentedness
  • `Here in England, You Need Other People': Family, Friends and Acquaintances
  • Language and Time
  • Negotiating the Boundaries of the Community of Trust and Reciprocity
  • Social Activities and Where People Socialise
  • Machine generated contents note: 1.Researching Everyday 'Illegality': An Introduction
  • The Scale of Undocumented Migration: Counting the Uncountable
  • Methods and Methodology
  • How the Book is Organised
  • 2.Migration Dynamics, Irregular Migration and the Governance of `Illegality'
  • Globalisation and Re-Bordering: Migrating Into Irregularity
  • Who is Undocumented? The Governance of Migration and the Vocabulary of Irregularity
  • Official Status and Categories: Policy and Practice in the UK
  • Status Mobility: Undocumentedness as a Process
  • A Constructed and Criminalised Identity
  • Conclusion
  • 3.Migrant Agency, Youth and Legal Status
  • Immigration Status and Everyday Lives
  • Migration and Youth
  • Migration, Destinations and Youth
  • Integration and Identity
  • Migrant Agency
  • Agency in Migration Decision-Making
  • Migrant Agency in Destination Countries
  • Conclusion
  • 4.Visibility and Invisibility: Arrival, Settlement and Socialisation into Irregularity.

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