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Record Nr.

UNISA996211611903316

Autore

Nieuwenhuyze Inge van

Titolo

Getting by in Europe's urban labor markets [[electronic resource] ] : Senegambian migrants' strategies for survival, documentation and mobility / / Inge Van Nieuwenhuyze

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-06793-1

9786612067938

90-485-0635-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 p.)

Collana

IMISCOE dissertations

Disciplina

338.94

350

Soggetti

Foreign workers - Europe

Senegambians

Electronic books.

Barcelona (Spain) Emigration and immigration

Antwerp (Belgium) Emigration and immigration

Gambia Emigration and immigration

Senegal Emigration and immigration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical refrences and index.

Nota di contenuto

Table of contents; List of tables and figures; Abbreviations and terms; 1 Understanding labour migration trajectories; 2 Embarking on an explanatory framework; 3 Data collection: Interviews and participant observation in a hidden population; 4 How migration from Senegal and the Gambia became an institution; 5 Survival strategies as an undocumented migrant; 6 Documentation strategies as an undocumented migrant; 7 Mobility strategies as a legal migrant; 8 Conclusions; Appendix A Topic list for questionnaire; Appendix B List of key informants; Appendix C Letter; Notes; References; Abstract

Sommario/riassunto

A comparative study of how economic and political differences between Antwerp and Barcelona influence the life-course trajectories of Senegalese and Gambian migrants.