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Researching illegality and labour migration
Author(s) -
Anderson Bridget,
Ruhs Martin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
population, space and place
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1544-8452
pISSN - 1544-8444
DOI - 10.1002/psp.594
Subject(s) - nexus (standard) , agency (philosophy) , terminology , immigration , relation (database) , sociology , migration studies , political science , population , space (punctuation) , criminology , law and economics , political economy , law , gender studies , social science , engineering , linguistics , philosophy , demography , database , computer science , embedded system
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.