The contribution of UK asylum policy 1999-2010 to conditions for the exploitation of migrant labour

Vickers, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-290X, 2015. The contribution of UK asylum policy 1999-2010 to conditions for the exploitation of migrant labour. In: Waite, L, Craig, G, Lewis, H and Skrivankova, K, eds., Vulnerability, exploitation and migrants: insecure work in a globalised economy. Migration, diasporas and citizenship . London: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137460400

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Abstract

This chapter analyses UK asylum policies since 1999 in the context of wider neoliberal approaches to migration, which present labour market demand and personal wealth as the dominant criteria for mobility. It considers refugee claims as an implicit challenge to these criteria because they are universal and needs-based. It argues that dispersal, prohibition of paid work and detention of asylum seekers have coountered this challenge and thereby reinforced labour market discipline over migrants.

Item Type:	Chapter in book
Creators:	Vickers, T.
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication:	London
Date:	2015
ISBN:	9781137460400
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	13 Nov 2015 14:36
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2018 10:03
Related URLs:	Publisher
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/26319

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