Illegal Immigration in Europe: Beyond Control?

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables......Page 9
Notes on the Contributors......Page 10
Part I: Introduction and Background......Page 14
1. Introduction......Page 16
2. The scope of the book......Page 22
3. Acknowledgements......Page 25
2 Irregular Migration: a Global, Historical and Economic Perspective......Page 27
1. Irregular immigrants in Europe......Page 32
2. The concept of \'illegal immigration\'......Page 34
3. The political economy of irregular immigration......Page 42
4. Research on irregular immigration in Europe......Page 47
Part II: Case Studies......Page 54
3 Irregular Immigration in Four European Union Member States......Page 56
1. The political environment of the twenty-first century: from racial to economic considerations......Page 61
2. Legal and illegal immigration in the UK......Page 62
3. The case study: Polish and Indian immigrants in the UK......Page 65
4. Comparison and conclusion......Page 84
1. Introduction......Page 88
2. Background: migration from Poland to Germany......Page 90
3. Managing access to the German labour markets......Page 92
4. Conclusion: relating migrants\' accounts to control policies......Page 115
1. Introduction......Page 119
2. Albanian and Polish migration to Italy......Page 120
3. The case study......Page 122
4. Findings......Page 125
5. Conclusions......Page 147
6. Acknowledgements......Page 149
1. Introduction......Page 151
2. The meanings attached to social origin......Page 152
3. Leaving the home-place: processes and meanings......Page 153
4. Paths of entry for Albanian and Polish workers into Greece......Page 162
5. \'Tactics\' of stay in Greece......Page 166
6. The work of the Albanian and Polish immigrant workforce......Page 168
7. Concluding remarks......Page 179
Part III: Analysis and Comparison......Page 182
1. New migration, the emergence of new migration systems and perspectives......Page 184
2. New migration typologies......Page 186
3. Pathways into Europe: travelling, trafficking and human smuggling......Page 188
4. Biographies and migration patterns......Page 190
5. Immigration laws, and legal and social stratification......Page 191
6. Social capital, networks and markets: relevance and meaning......Page 194
7. Networks and subversion......Page 197
8. Comparing documented and undocumented migrants......Page 199
9. Unwanted side-effects of immigration restrictions......Page 202
10. The case of the Netherlands and Spain......Page 203
11. Summary: risk biographies of Europe\'s labouring nomads......Page 207
9 Poles Apart: How Each EU Country Gets the Migrant Workers it Requires......Page 210
1. The demand for Polish migrant workers......Page 212
2. Flexibility, mobility and the demand for migrant workers......Page 215
3. Conclusions......Page 218
10 Implicit and Explicit Concepts of Justice in Irregular Immigration......Page 222
1. Implicit issues of justice in immigration processes......Page 223
2. Explicit issues of justice made by migrants......Page 224
4. Conclusion: a sense of injustice......Page 232
Part IV: Conclusion......Page 234
11 Reframing the Irregular Migration Dilemma......Page 236
1. Migration and conflict......Page 237
2. Trends in contemporary migration policy......Page 239
3. Five variables for reframing the migration dilemma......Page 244
4. Towards a new approach in migration policy......Page 251
Bibliography......Page 257
I......Page 282
S......Page 283
X......Page 284