Central and Eastern European Accession: Changing Perspectives on Migrant Workers

Fitzgerald, Ian; Smoczyński, Rafał

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“…The Brexit referendum created heightened feelings of instability, future uncertainty, being ‘unwelcomed’ by UK nationals and distrust towards UK authorities 62,69,77,88,107,115 . Some researchers feared that discussing Brexit would risk community nonengagement or misinterpretation 77,88 .…”

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“…Brexit unsettled many UK‐CEE community members, challenging feelings of belonging, entitlement and trust. 24 , 62 , 69 , 77 , 107 , 115 , 148 Difficulties and concerns in applying for or being granted (pre‐)settled status, particularly for vulnerable CEE nationals, have been reported, 149 , 150 alongside presumed loss of access to general practice services, 77 , 151 payment requirements or disclosure to UK authorities. 33 , 81 In keeping with this, 152 describe the impact of dynamic power structures within NHS maternity services on care for undocumented migrants.…”

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“…33,39,67,77,108 The Brexit referendum created heightened feelings of instability, future uncertainty, being 'unwelcomed' by UK nationals and distrust towards UK authorities. 62,69,77,88,107,115 Some researchers feared that discussing Brexit would risk community nonengagement or misinterpretation. 77,88 Indirect implications of Brexit for UK-CEEs included (1) uncertainty regarding health and social entitlements 77 ;…”

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The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

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Howells

Adeyemi

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Health Expectations

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Background: Around 2 million people have migrated from Central and Eastern Europe to the UK since 2004. The UK Central and Eastern European Community (UK-CEE) are disproportionately exposed to the social determinants of poor physical and mental health. Their health and healthcare beliefs remain under-researched, particularly regarding primary care. Objective: This review explores UK-CEE community members' use and perceptions of UK general practice. Methods: A systematic search of nine bibliographic databases identified 2094 publications that fulfilled the search criteria. Grey literature searches identified 16 additional relevant publications. Screening by title and abstract identified 201 publications of relevance, decreasing to 65 after full-text screening. Publications were critically appraised, with data extracted and coded. Thematic analysis using constant comparison allowed generation of higher-order thematic constructs. Results: Full UK-CEE national representation was achieved. Comparatively low levels of GP registration were described, with ability, desire and need to engage with GP services shaped by the interconnected nature of individual community members' cultural and sociodemographic factors. Difficulties overcoming access and in-consultation barriers are common, with health expectations frequently unmet. Distrust and dissatisfaction with general practice often persist, promoting alternative healthseeking approaches including transnational healthcare. Marginalized UK-CEE community subgroups including Roma, trafficked and homeless individuals have Health Expectations.

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The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

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“…The only socio-demographic category singled out repeatedly in UK research for exhibiting a distinct set of attitudes concerning unemployment and the less attractive jobs is migrants. Numerous studies have found that employers perceive migrants as keener than the UK-born to undertake low-status jobs (see Fitzgerald & Smoczynski, 2017).…”

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Attitudes to work and time spent unemployed across 30 years

Dunn

2021

Economic Affairs

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Empirical studies have not previously related people's work attitudes to their chances of being unemployed for a substantial proportion of their lives. This study uses 1958 and 1970 British birth cohorts to show that responses to attitude questions offering a choice between an unattractive or disliked job and joblessness rival established unemployment risk variables as predictors of time spent unemployed between ages 16 and 46. The findings may help justify the provisions of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 for compelling unemployed benefit claimants to apply for, and subsequently retain, jobs they would otherwise have ruled out.

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Making agency work: two labour regimes in a UK logistics workplace

Smith

Zheng

2022

Work in the Global Economy

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An expanded use of agency workers has followed a series of economic shocks in the UK since the 2008 financial crisis. Agency workers, unlike permanent workers, comprise a wide range of workers without regular, secure and long-term employment relations. In this article we examine the inherently contradictory employment relationship embodied by agency workers, namely employers’ wish to stabilise and make the workforce more predictable by bringing in agency workers under insecure and unstable employment terms. Based on a significant single case study of a distribution centre, the study compares two agency work regimes: one with systematic screening and employment of pre-formed workers, and the other with strong normative control over fragmented under-formed workers. The study details management strategies aimed to improve workforce stability in the more fragmented agency worker regime by bringing an employment intermediatory on-site, building coherency between the permanent and agency workers, and restraining the supervisor’s power of dismissal. These findings problematise framing agency employment based on an assumption of continuous and selective inflow of migrant workers. Rather, contrasting agency worker regimes demonstrates contested employment relations between an increasingly diverse group of agency workers and an employer seeking to instigate predictability and coherency in agency employment.

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Central and Eastern European Accession: Changing Perspectives on Migrant Workers

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

The perceptions of general practice among Central and Eastern Europeans in the United Kingdom: A systematic scoping review

Attitudes to work and time spent unemployed across 30 years

Making agency work: two labour regimes in a UK logistics workplace

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