Stuck in Mobility? Interrupted Journeys of Migrants With Precarious Legal Status in Europe

Due to lack of access to work and support services migrants with precarious legal status engage in onward mobility within EUrope and thus contest the migration regime that aims to control and limit their mobility. This article highlights the ambiguous nature of mobility from a critical mobilities pe...

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Published in:Journal of immigrant & refugee studies 2019-01, Vol.17 (1), p.77-93
Main Author: Wyss, Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asylum
Basic needs
Dublin Regulation
Europe
Internal migration
irregular migration
journeys
Legal services
Migrant workers
migrants with precarious legal status
Mobility
mobility studies
social welfare
Support services
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Summary:Due to lack of access to work and support services migrants with precarious legal status engage in onward mobility within EUrope and thus contest the migration regime that aims to control and limit their mobility. This article highlights the ambiguous nature of mobility from a critical mobilities perspective based on multi-sited ethnographic research and interviews with migrants in Austria, Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. By focusing on their interrupted journeys, the article shows how migrants use mobility to secure basic needs and avoid migration control attempts and how this enhanced mobility aggravates emotional instability.
ISSN:1556-2948
1556-2956
DOI:10.1080/15562948.2018.1514091