Fudge, Judy (2018) Illegal Working, Migrants and Labour Exploitation in the UK: Liminal Legality and The Immigration Act 2016. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 38 (3). pp. 557-584. ISSN 0143-6503. E-ISSN 1464-3820. (doi:10.1093/ojls/gqy019) (KAR id:67347)
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Abstract
The UK’s Immigration Act 2016 is an assemblage of carceral elements targeting illegal working by migrants and their employers, and regulatory elements designed to enforce labour market regulation. This combination of immigration, criminal and labour law raises questions about how the UK government has framed the issue of labour exploitation. This article adopts a sociolegal approach in order to appreciate how making ‘illegal working’ a crime features in a specific governance project. Situating the Immigration Act 2016 within the context of neo-liberal globalisation, it develops a productive account of migrant illegality to which it adds a conception of liminal legality that emphasises both the agency of actors and the gap between legality and legitimacy. Using official documents, it shows how the Immigration Act 2016 is a response to a specific governance crisis, which is how to maintain the ‘British way’ of light touch labour market regulation in the face of deteriorating outcomes for many workers.
Item Type: | Article |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1093/ojls/gqy019 |
Uncontrolled keywords: | Labour, illegal, migrant |
Subjects: | K Law |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > Kent Law School |
Depositing User: | Sian Robertson |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2018 09:04 UTC |
Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 11:07 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/67347 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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