International migration into Europe. From subjects to abjects

This book aims to decipher the complex web of structural, institutional and cultural contradictions which shape the inclusion-exclusion dialectic and the multifaceted grid within which the 'us' becomes the 'other' and the 'other' becomes the 'us'. It looks at how international migrants in Europe transform from legal subjects into legal abjects.

Contents:

1. Irregular migration and undocumented migrants - the abjects
2. Documented migrants: skilled migration - the injects
3. From undocumented to documented: migration and self-employment
4. Migrant women: maids, nannies and nurses, and the ban on the headscarf
5. Human trafficking and smuggling: the production of ultimate abjects
6. The securitisation of migration
7. Migration regime/s, the multiculturalism question and regularisation policies in Europe
8. The challenges of migration for EU citizenship: from abjects and ejectés to subjects?