Micro-Management of Irregular Migration: Internal Borders and Public Services in London and Barcelona

This book examines the functioning, consequences, and limitations of internalized immigration control, focusing on the perspectives of irregular residents and local service providers. It argues that internalized control is part of the problem of irregular migration rather than a solution and provides a systematic comparison of three service provision spheres across two local and national contexts.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 203 pages
Publication date: 01 February 2022
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

This open-access book offers a comprehensive analysis of the functioning, consequences, and inherent limitations of internalized immigration control. By adopting the perspective of irregular residents and local service providers, the book sheds new light on the intricate mechanisms that either facilitate or hinder the diffusion of immigration control into concrete institutional settings, such as schools or hospitals. A simple and innovative analytical framework enables the systematic comparison of three distinct spheres of service provision across two distinct local and national contexts. This comparative analysis is essential to understand the complex interplay between formal law and policy, the inherent rules and logics operating within institutions, and the ethical or practical obligations and constraints attached to particular roles and professions.

Based on empirical findings and rigorous analysis, the book argues that internalized control is part of the problem that irregular migration poses for society rather than constituting a potential solution to it.

This open-access book offers a comprehensive analysis of the functioning, consequences, and inherent limitations of internalized immigration control. By adopting the perspective of irregular residents and local service providers, the book sheds new light on the intricate mechanisms that either facilitate or hinder the diffusion of immigration control into concrete institutional settings, such as schools or hospitals. A simple and innovative analytical framework enables the systematic comparison of three distinct spheres of service provision across two distinct local and national contexts. This comparative analysis is essential to understand the complex interplay between formal law and policy, the inherent rules and logics operating within institutions, and the ethical or practical obligations and constraints attached to particular roles and professions.

Based on empirical findings and rigorous analysis, the book argues that internalized control is part of the problem that irregular migration poses for society rather than constituting a potential solution to it.

This open-access book offers a comprehensive analysis of the functioning, consequences, and inherent limitations of internalized immigration control. By adopting the perspective of irregular residents and local service providers, the book sheds new light on the intricate mechanisms that either facilitate or hinder the diffusion of immigration control into concrete institutional settings, such as schools or hospitals. A simple and innovative analytical framework enables the systematic comparison of three distinct spheres of service provision across two distinct local and national contexts. This comparative analysis is essential to understand the complex interplay between formal law and policy, the inherent rules and logics operating within institutions, and the ethical or practical obligations and constraints attached to particular roles and professions.

Based on empirical findings and rigorous analysis, the book argues that internalized control is part of the problem that irregular migration poses for society rather than constituting a potential solution to it.

Weight: 348g
Dimension: 156 x 233 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783030917333
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022