Open AccessLabour exploitation of illegal immigrants in the developed north
Author(s) -
Anja Renovcevic
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
sociologija
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.174
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 2406-0712
pISSN - 0038-0318
DOI - 10.2298/soc1302299r
Subject(s) - immigration , context (archaeology) , globalization , liberalization , division of labour , economics , labour economics , theme (computing) , inequality , labor relations , development economics , business , market economy , political science , law , geography , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , computer science , operating system
The theme of this paper is the exploitation of illegal immigrants working in the developed North, while the main objective is analysis of the relation between illegal migration and market demand for low-cost labor, in the context of globalization, growing inequalities and the new global division of labor. The basic assumption is that the market of so-called developed countries of the North has an internal, self-built need for illegal labor, and that the overall economy in the North largely depends on such labor. In that sense the policies against immigration are considered false or infertile. Also, this paper explains the characteristics of illegal immigrant labor and sectoral deployment, but also the forms it takes and illegal conditions in which it is carried