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Record Nr.

UNISA996379049103316

Autore

Meeteren Masja van

Titolo

Irregular migrants in Belgium and the Netherlands : aspirations and incorporation / / Masja van Meeteren

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2014

Amsterdam, Netherlands : , : Amsterdam University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

90-485-2308-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Collana

IMISCOE research

Disciplina

940.5

Soggetti

Noncitizens

Emigration and immigration

Noncitizens - Netherlands

Noncitizens - Belgium

Immigrants - Netherlands

Immigrants - Belgium

Netherlands

Belgium

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 references.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Content -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Irregular Migration as a Fact of Life -- 2. Beyond Victims and Communities -- 3. Studying Aspirations -- 4. Immigration Policies in Belgium and the Netherlands -- 5. Investment, Settlement and Legalisation Aspirations -- 6. Living Different Dreams (I) -- 7. Living Different Dreams (II) -- 8. Aspirations and Transnational Activities -- 9. Striving for a Better Position -- 10. Assessing a New Perspective -- Appendices -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

Proposing an empirically grounded theoretical critique of the dominant research practice that focuses on survival strategies, van Meeteren takes irregular migrants aspirations as a starting point of analysis. Drawing on intensive participant observation, as well as more than 200 in-depth interviews with irregular migrants and representatives of



organisations working with them, she develops much-needed contextualised insights and sheds new light on earlier debates on this top-of the-agenda subject area.