Overview
- Provides an accessible introduction to irregular migration
- Presents a European perspective on a highly debated topic
- This short reader is available open access and free to read
- This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Part of the book series: IMISCOE Research Series (IMIS)
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About this book
This open access short reader provides an introduction to the theoretical debates regarding irregular migration and aims to bridge these theoretical debates to current empirical developments. It defines irregular migrants and irregular migration by discussing the wide variety of definitions and highlights the reasons for the presence of irregular immigrants in developed countries. The book provides an overview of the variation in policies regarding irregular migrants and elaborates on how irregular migration is facilitated and supported. It discusses the trends and dynamics between border enforcement, human smuggling/trafficking, and on the support irregular migrants obtain by citizens and civil society while residing in the EU. Last but not least, the book also focuses on the agency and political mobilization of irregular migrants. As such, it provides a great resource for everyone interested in learning more about irregular migration.
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Keywords
- Open access
- The new salience of borders and national sovereignty
- Defining irregular migration
- Immigration policies in Europe
- Differential inclusion of irregular migrants in Europe
- National security and irregular migration
- Intermediaries of irregular migration
- Supporters of irregular migrants
- Different types of smugglers and forms of irregular migration
- The industry of migration and the industry of border controls
- Regularization processes and mechanisms
- The agency of irregular migrants
- Social movements and protests by irregular migrants
Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Maurizio Ambrosini is professor of Sociology of Migration at the University of Milan (Italy), Department of Social and Political Sciences, and chargé d’enseignement at the University Cote d'Azur (Nice, France). He is the editor of the journal “Mondi Migranti”, the Director of the Italian Summer School of Sociology of Migrations, and member of the Italian National Council of Economy and Labour (CNEL). He has published several books such as, in English, “Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare”, and “Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe: Actors, Dynamics and Governance”. His articles have been published in several leading international journals.
Minke H.J. Hajer currently works as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, where she studies labour market integration of refugees in the Netherlands. Until October 2022 she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Milan where she was involved in research projects regarding the integration of asylum seekers in Italy and the 2020 regularisation of irregular migrant workers in Italy. She holds a joint doctorate between the University of Amsterdam and the University of Milan, for which she studied citizenship struggles of irregular migrants in social movements in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) and Turin (Italy).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Irregular Migration
Book Subtitle: IMISCOE Short Reader
Authors: Maurizio Ambrosini, Minke H.J. Hajer
Series Title: IMISCOE Research Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30838-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30837-6Published: 16 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30838-3Published: 15 May 2023
Series ISSN: 2364-4087
Series E-ISSN: 2364-4095
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 151
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Migration, Public Policy, Migration