Migrant Illegality across Uneven Legal Geographies: Introduction to the Special Issue of <i>Law &amp; Policy</i>

Burciaga, Edelina M.; Martinez, Lisa M.; Escudero, Kevin; Flores, Andréa; Pérez, Joanna B.; Valdivia, Carolina

doi:10.1111/lapo.12116

Law & Policy

2019

DOI: 10.1111/lapo.12116

|View full text |Cite

Migrant Illegality across Uneven Legal Geographies: Introduction to the Special Issue of Law & Policy

Edelina M. Burciaga¹,

Lisa M. Martinez²,

Kevin Escudero³

et al.

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...

Citation Types

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Year Published

2022

2023

Publication Types

Select...

Article2

Relationship

Self Cite0

Independent2

Authors

Journals

Cited by 2 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 21 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…1 1 “Irregularity”/“illegality” are social, political, and legal constructs with severe impacts for the lived experiences of those migrants labeled as “irregular”/“illegal” (Burciaga et al, 2019; De Genova, 2002; for a detailed account on the consequences of “illegality” and the deportation regime, see the contributions to the Special Issue of Law & Policy vol. 41 from January 2019).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Making asylum work? Civic stratification and labor‐related regularization among rejected asylum seekers in Germany

Jonitz

Leerkes

2022

Law & Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Rejected asylum seekers often do not return to their countries of origin and face precarious living conditions in destination countries. Taking Germany as a strategic case, we investigate whether labor-related regularization, or "laborization," may serve as a solution for such migrants. We analyze the factors determining access to such regularization and how labor-related regularization relates to migrants' needs and aspirations. Based on extensive desk research and interviews with stakeholders, including (rejected) asylum seekers in Stuttgart, we find that laborization provides resourceful and "deserving" individuals with valuable opportunities to realize their aspirations, but it is insufficient to fully address non-deportability. | INTRODUCTIONSince the mid-1990s, deportation of "irregular" migrants has become one of the highest political priorities in many European Union (EU) member states and in the United States (Lietaert, Broekaert, & Derluyn, 2015;Martinez & Ortega, 2019). 1 However, despite its political salience, the enforcement of returns remains limited because of several factors, including the unpopularity of deportation in local communities, constraints under international and human rights law, and bureaucratic obstacles such as the lack of identification documents (Ambrosini, 2016;Castañeda, 2010;Leerkes & Van Houte, 2020). Looking at the European Union context, Rosenberger and Küffner (2016) and Leerkes and Van Houte (2020) highlight the significant The authors would like to thank Kim Caarls, Maria Schiller, and Thomas Swerts as well as the anonymous reviewers for their insightful and constructive feedback on earlier versions of this article.

show abstract

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Making asylum work? Civic stratification and labor‐related regularization among rejected asylum seekers in Germany

Jonitz

Leerkes

2022

Law & Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Geographies of Belonging: Migrant Youth and Relational, Community, and National Opportunities for Inclusion

Bruhn

Gonzales

2023

Social Sciences

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Migration research often focuses on exclusionary laws and social processes and how they impact children and the families they are embedded within. While important, this focus on harmful social structures can obscure forms of creative agency that are also inherent to young people’s migration, even in the face of racialized immigration policies that erect barriers to integration. In this theoretical article, we contend that spaces of belonging, where connection, sustenance, and recognition are readily available, are equally essential to immigrant youth and families’ experiences of migration. We conceptualize how these spaces are constructed at the relational, community, and national level, demonstrating how place, including physical, legal, political, and cultural geographies, shape these multilayered opportunities for belonging. First, we demonstrate how place informs the relationships that young people form with each other, with their families, and with other adults, and how the care that can emerge from these relationships is a critical foundation for spaces of belonging. Second, we articulate the conditions that enable spaces of belonging at the community level by examining how the geographic features of neighborhoods and cities shape young people’s opportunities for agency and recognition beyond their immediate relationships. Finally, we address the national-level dynamics that foster spaces of belonging, while attending to the reality that migrant young people and their families often live transnational lives across nation-state borders. This paper offers new ways of understanding how place informs migrant youth and children’s sense of inclusion and agency, illuminating how spaces of belonging at the relational, community, and national level support their dignity and well-being.

show abstract

scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.

Contact Info

customersupport@researchsolutions.com

10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614

Henderson, NV 89052, USA

Blog Terms and Conditions API Terms Privacy Policy Contact Cookie Preferences Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information

Made with 💙 for researchers

Part of the Research Solutions Family.

Migrant Illegality across Uneven Legal Geographies: Introduction to the Special Issue of Law & Policy

Cited by 2 publications

References 21 publications

Making asylum work? Civic stratification and labor‐related regularization among rejected asylum seekers in Germany

Making asylum work? Civic stratification and labor‐related regularization among rejected asylum seekers in Germany

Geographies of Belonging: Migrant Youth and Relational, Community, and National Opportunities for Inclusion

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About