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11 - How Precarity Is Threaded into Migration Rules

The Cases of the UK, Germany, and Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2024

By
Dimitria Groutsis ,
Shireen Kanji  and
Joana Vassilopoulou
Edited by
Elina Meliou ,
Joana Vassilopoulou  and
Mustafa F. Ozbilgin
Elina Meliou
Affiliation:
Brunel University
Joana Vassilopoulou
Affiliation:
Brunel University
Mustafa F. Ozbilgin
Affiliation:
Brunel University
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Summary

This chapter investigates the precarious arrangements embedded in the systems and processes of migration management across three different country contexts: the UK, Germany, and Australia. The country comparison shows how precarious workplace/worker and societal arrangements have been woven into the systems of migration management (Paret and Gleeson ; Vosko ). The examination employs an historical methodology to show how approaches to migration management create a racialised precarity in the destination country generally; and more specifically in the destination country labour market where different groups of migrant workers are channelled into and toil in the least favourable areas of the labour market. Accordingly, we shed light on the rules underscoring and the implications of the process of migrant worker acceptance, settlement, and integration in a new land and labour market.

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migrationCross-country ComparisonPrecarityHistoryRacismSegmentationExclusionMigration PolicyIntegrationHostile Environment
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Diversity and Precarious Work During Socio-Economic Upheaval
Exploring the Missing Link
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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