Migration Policy and Irregular Workers in the United Kingdom

Summary:

While public opinion and European governments usually present migrants as an outside threat for European societies, in this article, Danièle Joly and Khursheed Wadia focus on the local level to analyze the issue of migrants, in particular irregular workers, living in the UK.

First, they examine the politics and policies of undocumented migrants in the United Kingdom from 1948 to the 2000s, highlighting the issue of the regularization of "illegal" migrants. Then, taking into account the influence of European and national level policies, they analyze the situation of irregular migrants (and workers) at the local level from an economic perspective, concentrating more specifically on access to employment and services.

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