Unravelling Unauthorized Migrants' Legal Consciousness Processes / Mieke Kox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kox, Mieke, 1983- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Illegal immigration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

The Hague, The Netherlands : Eleven, [2024]

Summary:

This book examines the legal consciousness of unauthorized migrants and their interactions with the law in the Netherlands, Surinam, and Nigeria. Through multi-sited ethnographic research among 105 migrants and observations within the Dutch immigration system, it explores how these individuals perceive and are affected by legal structures. The study combines insights from anthropology, border criminology, and socio-legal studies to reveal the limitations and impacts of current immigration laws. It highlights the complex relationship between migrants and legal systems, offering a voice to those often marginalized in migration debates. The author aims to shed light on the powerful yet limited role of law in managing unauthorized migration. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Table of Contents

Abbreviations

1 Understanding unauthorized migrants’ legal consciousness

1.1 Why migrants’ perspectives on the law matter

1.2 Guiding research questions

1.3 The Dutch legal context as a case of restricting unauthorized residence

1.4 Drawing upon legal consciousness

1.5 This book

2 Setting the scene: Regulating migration

2.1 Regulating migration in a European context

2.2 Regulating migration in the Netherlands

2.2.1 Protecting the Dutch external borders

2.2.2 Using internal migration controls

2.3 To conclude

3 Methods: A multi-sited ethnography among unauthorized migrants

3.1 Getting started: Accessing the research field

3.2 Collecting data: Being in the field

3.2.1 Interviewing unauthorized migrants

3.2.2 Participant observation with unauthorized migrants

3.2.3 Participant observation within the immigration system

3.2.4 Fieldwork with returned and deported migrants

3.2.5 Leaving the research field

3.3 The research group

3.4 The analysis

3.5 Some reflections on my positionality, ethics and limitations

3.5.1 Positionality

3.5.2 Ethical considerations

3.5.3 Limitations of the study

3.6 To conclude

4 ‘I call it a system.’ Unauthorized migrants’ understandings of the long reach of Dutch internal migration controls Generated by AI.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9789400113992

9400113994

OCLC:

1422229999