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oapen-20.500.12657-457782024-01-09T12:03:18Z Precarious Lives Lewis, Hannah Dwyer, Peter Hodkinson, Stuart Waite, Louise Asylum Labour markets Migration Precarity Work bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFN Migration, immigration & emigration Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, the book explores how asylum and forced labour are linked, and enmeshed in a broader picture of modern slavery produced through globalised working conditions. Drawing on original evidence generated in fieldwork with refugees and asylum seekers, this is important reading for students and academics in social policy, social geography, sociology, politics, refugee, labour and migration studies, and policy makers and practitioners working to support migrants and tackle forced labour. 2020-12-22T13:03:38Z 2020-12-22T13:03:38Z 2014 book ONIX_20201222_9781447306924_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45778 eng application/pdf n/a 9781447306924.pdf https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/precarious-lives-1 Policy Press 10.47674/9781447306924 10.47674/9781447306924 9899e9d8-3633-4027-a85a-7f6278ed092f Knowledge Unlatched Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Policy Press 232 Bristol, UK open access
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Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who seek refuge in the UK. Through a critical engagement with contemporary debates about precarity, unfreedom and socio-legal status, the book explores how asylum and forced labour are linked, and enmeshed in a broader picture of modern slavery produced through globalised working conditions. Drawing on original evidence generated in fieldwork with refugees and asylum seekers, this is important reading for students and academics in social policy, social geography, sociology, politics, refugee, labour and migration studies, and policy makers and practitioners working to support migrants and tackle forced labour.
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