Student-Migrant-Workers

This article addresses the issue of non-EU student-migrant-workers in Finland drawing on data from in-depth interviews conducted with the sub-Saharan African migrants on student visa. The migrants’ experiences of temporal limits in life and at work are examined demonstrating that student-migrant-wor...

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Published in:Nordic Journal of Migration Research 2017-12, Vol.7 (4), p.224-232
Main Author: Maury, Olivia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Borders
Capitalism
Foreign students
Labor force
Migrant workers
Migrants
Passports & visas
precarity
student-migrants
Students
visas
Workers
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Summary:This article addresses the issue of non-EU student-migrant-workers in Finland drawing on data from in-depth interviews conducted with the sub-Saharan African migrants on student visa. The migrants’ experiences of temporal limits in life and at work are examined demonstrating that student-migrant-workers have experiences of a fragmented lived time because of the temporary character of their visa. The article consequently points at the impact of student visa in creating a low-cost labour force in Finland and sheds light on the subject position of the student-migrant-worker that becomes utilisable in contemporary capitalism.
ISSN:1799-649X
DOI:10.1515/njmr-2017-0023