Overview

Moving away from state categorizations on irregular migration, this Research Handbook critically examines processes and dynamics that generate and reproduce irregularity, and discusses who may count as an irregular migrant. Acknowledging that irregular migration is not just a South-North issue, chapters investigate the many different pathways into irregularity, demonstrating the benefits of understanding dynamics behind irregular migration over statistics. Organised into six thematic parts covering key issues such as approaches and perspectives for research, informal labour and the challenges faced by migrant families, global contributors from a variety of disciplines provide an expert review of geographical and historical paths into irregular migration. Offering their background knowledge and highlighting tools to better understand how irregular migration is linked to geopolitics and migration policies, the Research Handbook on Irregular Migration guides readers through the complex issues facing migrants worldwide. Written in a comprehensive yet accessible style, this Research Handbook will be an excellent resource for undergraduate and graduate students as well researchers and academics interested in migration, policy, law, security, border crossing, informal labour, crime and civil support to migrants.

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Author:   Ilse van Liempt ,  Joris Schapendonk ,  Amalia Campos-Delgado
Publisher:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Imprint:   Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:  

9781800377493

ISBN 10:   1800377495
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   31 March 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: Preface xxi Introduction: the production of irregular migration 1 Ilse van Liempt, Joris Schapendonk and Amalia Campos-Delgado PART I APPROACHES AND PERSPECTIVES ON IRREGULAR MIGRATION 1 Irregular migration and migration control policies 14 Anna Triandafyllidou 2 Invisible, vulnerable, heroic and criminal: a gendered history of migration labelling 25 Marlou Schrover 3 How to research “irregular” migration: approaches and perspectives from the field 36 Shiva S. Mohan, Alison Mountz, Monica Romero and Ana Visan 4 Humans, not arrows: countering the violent cartography of undocumented migration 49 Henk van Houtum and Rodrigo Bueno Lacy 5 Situated glossaries of (ir)regular migration 66 Kolar Aparna, Manju Sharma, Arlene Bugabo and Beatrice Catanzaro 6 Beach encounters: migrant death and forensics as an art of paying attention 81 Amade M’charek PART II ASPIRATIONS AND FACILITATION OF IRREGULAR MIGRATION 7 Welcome aboard KLM Air Land! Hope and uncertainty in precarious migration projects 95 Nauja Kleist 8 Irregular migrants and families: the challenges of transnational family lives in times of limited mobility and transient settlement 106 Inka Stock 9 Deterrence or empowerment? Awareness and information campaigns as a migration governance tool to stop irregular migration 118 Ida Marie Savio Vammen 10 How unintended are these consequences? The changing environment for migration facilitation in Niger since 2015 130 Ekaterina Golovko and Fransje Molenaar 11 Re-socializing migrant networks: moving beyond dominant migrant-network approaches 140 Richard Staring and Mieke Kox PART III EVERYDAY LIFE AND (IM)MOBILITY 12 The irregularity maze: investigating asymmetries and discontinuities in the interaction between migrants’ geographic mobility and regulatory frameworks 153 Milena Belloni, Ferruccio Pastore and Emanuela Roman 13 Stuck in camps, at sea and in illegality: dimensions of stuckedness endured by Rohingya refugees 168 Antje Missbach 14 Irregular times: refugees’ struggles for a temporal justice in the European (im)mobility regime 178 Elena Fontanari 15 Children’s mobility across the EU governance of unauthorized migration as a game of chutes and ladders: evidence from Libya, Italy, Greece and Belgium 190 Giacomo Orsini, Océane Uzureau, Malte Behrendt, Marina Rota, Sarah Adeyinka, Ilse Derluyn and Ine Lietaert 16 The U.S. response to undocumented immigrant youth: “deferred” mobilities in New York 202 Guillermo Yrizar Barbosa PART IV INFORMAL AND IRREGULAR LABOUR AND EXPLOITABILITY 17 Migrant women workers in Europe: forms of irregularity and conditions of vulnerability 215 Giulia Garofalo Geymonat, Sabrina Marchetti and Letizia Palumbo 18 Casting outside regular pathways: state restrictions to Sri Lankan female migration 227 Chandima Arambepola 19 Becoming sanfei: the irregularization of foreign migrants in China 239 Guangzhi Huang and Heidi Østbø Haugen The research for this book chapter has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 802070). 20 Making a living while on the move: migrant trajectories, hierarchized mobilities and local labour landscapes in Central America 250 Nanneke Winters 21 Illegalized refugees seeking protection in the Hong Kong economy 261 Francesco Vecchio PART V GEOPOLITICS AND MICROPOLITICS OF CONTROL 22 Helping people feel that their future lies at home: the geopolitics of externalising irregular migration control in the European Union 271 Michael Collyer 23 Regularizing irregular sojourners: the avenue of “deservingness” 282 Maurizio Ambrosini 24 Being (in)visible: exploring the post-return categorisations of Cameroonian migrants 293 Presca Wanki, Ilse Derluyn and Ine Lietaert 25 On the administration of evil: frontline bureaucrats resolving ethical tensions while enforcing oppressive deportation policies 305 Barak Kalir 26 Dirty borderwork and maculated borders: examining the Mexican transit control regime 316 Amalia Campos-Delgado PART VI SOLIDARITY, ADVOCACY AND CONTESTATION 27 Autonomous and civic solidarity practices towards irregular migrants in Europe 328 Martin Bak Jørgensen 28 Undocumented immigrant activism: the struggle for rights and recognition 338 Walter J. Nicholls and Zayda Sorrell-Medina 29 Autonomous migration and transgressive solidarity: the case of the El Hiblu 3 Daniela DeBono and Ċetta Mainwaring 30 Contesting the lethal Mediterranean frontier Charles Heller, Lorenzo Pezzani and Maurice Stierl Afterword Alison Mountz Index

Reviews

'With a stellar line up of established and early career scholars in the field, this Handbook is a must-read for everyone interested in understanding the multi-scalar politics of migrants' irregularisation, its everyday impacts on the lives of migrants with no or precarious immigration status and opportunities and spaces for contestation and resistance.' -- Nando Sigona, University of Birmingham, UK 'This timely volume brings together leading theorists on irregular migration to provide a comprehensive picture of cutting-edge research in the field. A must read for scholars of borders, migration, and state violence.' -- Reece Jones, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, US

'This timely volume brings together leading theorists on irregular migration to provide a comprehensive picture of cutting-edge research in the field. A must read for scholars of borders, migration, and state violence.' -- Reece Jones, University of Hawai'i-Manoa, US

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Edited by Ilse van Liempt, Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography, Utrecht University, Joris Schapendonk, Associate Professor, Department of Human Geography, Radboud University, Nijmegen and Amalia Campos-Delgado, Assistant Professor in Law and Society, Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Society, Leiden University, the Netherlands

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