Ecuadorian Irregular Migrants in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Lived Experience

Echeverría, Gabriel

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“…Such a contrast with the Northern European "asylum magnets" triggered the perception of asymmetric migration regimes in Europe. While Northern European countries were seen as traditional destinations for asylum seekers, Southern European countries were considered the main destinations for economic migrants, whose irregular employment was facilitated by a large informal sector of the economy and weak internal controls (Santel, 1995;Finotelli, 2009;Echeverría, 2020).…”

Section: The North-south Divide As the Undying European Cleavagementioning

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Introduction: Understanding Migration Controls in Europe

Finotelli

Ponzo

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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This chapter challenges the idea of migration controls as the mere outcome of rational planning and state efficacy. Instead, it argues that migration controls respond to an imperative deeply embedded in the dynamic interplay of internal structural constraints, different geopolitics and economic priorities, and ever-changing internal contexts. Therefore, migration control policies should be viewed as a process where nation-states have to deal with different types of public and private interests, established routines and compelling public expectations. This prevents framing migration control policies in Western countries in terms of divergence and ‘‘efficacy gaps’’, as occurs in the case of Southern European countries, which are still considered to be immigration latecomers, less able to deal with the challenge of unwanted migration flows in comparison to Northern and even Eastern European countries. In this regard, the chapter illustrates the persisting opposition between Northern and Southern Europe in the public debate over migration from the 1970s to the most recent developments, and in its last section explains how each book chapter contributes to unravelling the actual functioning of migration controls beyond nationally based state typologies, and to overcoming the idea of a neatly divided and clustered European migration panorama.

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Section: The North-south Divide As the Undying European Cleavagementioning

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Introduction: Understanding Migration Controls in Europe

Finotelli

Ponzo

2023

IMISCOE Research Series

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“…Many irregular migrants in the Netherlands prefer domestic work because of high demand, good salaries, flexible hours and the relative security afforded them by working in private households (Echeverría, 2020). While the deportation and apprehension risks are relatively low for IMDWs particularly in big cities where blending in comes more easily, employment remains informal and precarious.…”

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Resilience strategies of Filipino irregular migrant domestic workers in the Netherlands during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Siruno

Siegel

2023

Population Space and Place

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COVID‐19 has brought a combination of health, socioeconomic and protection challenges to migrants everywhere, and a common view is that these effects have been harshest for those already in vulnerable situations before the pandemic. However, the lived experiences of Filipino irregular migrant domestic workers (IMDWs) in the Netherlands point to a range of impacts instead of a homogenous one. Drawing on interviews and participant observations, we analyse three specific pandemic consequences: income and financial remittance volatility, dual country or transnational precarity and physical and migration status immobility. We then analyse the resilience strategies deployed by IMDWs to navigate through such impacts. While our focus is on the microlevel, we also highlight the vital importance of the responses by the community on the mesolevel, and the government on the macrolevel. Following this relational approach, we put forward a conceptualisation of individual resilience as the capacity to navigate the negative impacts of a shock or crisis to maintain, adapt, or transform valued functionings. We argue that IMDWs cultivate resilience despite their precarious legal status; however, the effectiveness of strategies is contingent on personal circumstances as well as the sociopolitical context wherein they are deployed. The paper contributes to the literature by providing a more nuanced picture of the impacts of and responses to COVID‐19 in relation to migrants with irregular status. The articulation of resilience in terms of valued functionings also paves the way for the advancement of the still nascent research agenda on migration and human development.

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Ecuadorian Irregular Migrants in Amsterdam and Madrid: The Lived Experience

Cited by 2 publications

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Introduction: Understanding Migration Controls in Europe

Introduction: Understanding Migration Controls in Europe

Resilience strategies of Filipino irregular migrant domestic workers in the Netherlands during the COVID‐19 pandemic

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