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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bloch, Alice, 1964- author.

Sigona, Nando, 1975- author.

Zetter, Roger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens--Great Britain--Social conditions.

Noncitizens.

Noncitizens--Great Britain--Economic conditions.

Illegal immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages)

Place of Publication:

Pluto Press 2014

London, [England] : Pluto Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 Zimbabwe, China, Brazil, Ukraine and Turkish Kurdistan. Built around their voices, the book provides a unique understanding of migratory processes, gendered experiences and migrant aspirations. Moving between the uniqueness of individual experience and the search for commonalities, the book explores the ambiguities and contradictions of being an undocumented migrant. With its insights into personal experiences alongside analysis of wider policy issues, Sans Papiers will have wide appeal for students, academics, policy-makers and practitioners.

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?

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

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

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

3.Migrant Agency, Youth and Legal Status

Immigration Status and Everyday Lives

Migration and Youth

Migration, Destinations and Youth

Integration and Identity

Agency in Migration Decision-Making

Migrant Agency in Destination Countries

4.Visibility and Invisibility: Arrival, Settlement and Socialisation into Irregularity.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 28, 2014).

ISBN:

9781849649049

1849649049

9781849649032

1849649030

OCLC:

883167748

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access