Irregular Migration and Invisible Welfare

"This book examines the paradoxical position of irregular migrants in European society, who are often labelled as 'illegal' residents but who in fact provide much needed, essential support to welfare systems. Focusing on care work at home for the elderly, the book argues that increasingly restrictive immigration policies directly contradicts the growing need for care-givers since the majority of those employed are a result of illegal immigration. The book also explores the personal issues faced by these irregular migrants such as their concerns for family members that are left behind and the pressures that migration imposes on these relationships as migrants struggle to improve the daily conditions of their lives"--

Product details

• Authors: M. Ambrosini, Maurizio Ambrosini
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.07.2013
• EAN: 9780230343160
• ISBN: 978-0-230-34316-0
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 225 mm x 21 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Migration, B, aging, Sociology, Welfare State, Human Rights, Social Policy, Political Sociology, Welfare, Politics & government, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ageing, Social welfare and social services, Age groups: the elderly, Social Justice, Age groups: adults, Central / national / federal government policies, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Politics of the Welfare State, Human Migration, care;Familie;immigration;migrants;migration;service;work