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Researching illegality and labour migration

  1. Bridget Anderson*,
  2. Martin Ruhs

Article first published online: 10 FEB 2010

DOI: 10.1002/psp.594

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Population, Space and Place

Population, Space and Place

Special Issue: Researching Illegality in Labour Migration: Concepts, Ethics and Policy Nexus

Volume 16, Issue 3, pages 175–179, May/June 2010

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Anderson, B. and Ruhs, M. (2010), Researching illegality and labour migration. Popul. Space Place, 16: 175–179. doi: 10.1002/psp.594

Author Information

  1. Centre on Migration, Policy and Society, University of Oxford, UK

*COMPAS, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6QS, UK

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 4 MAY 2010
  2. Article first published online: 10 FEB 2010
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 4 AUG 2009
  4. Manuscript Revised: 23 JUN 2009
  5. Manuscript Received: 6 JAN 2009

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Keywords:

  • illegal immigration;
  • undocumented migration;
  • immigration status

Abstract

This introduction to the Population, Space and Place Special Issue ‘Researching illegality and labour migration: the research/policy nexus’, considers what is meant by ‘illegal immigration’. This is of key importance to both policy and academic discussion, and contradictions and debates are evidenced in the terminology (‘illegal’, ‘irregular’, ‘undocumented’, etc.) deployed. The paper briefly reviews current academic literature and situates the issue's contributions within this. It concludes by drawing attention to migrant agency and its relation to labour markets and migratory networks. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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