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Unfree labour in immigration detention : exploitation and coercion of a captive immigrant workforce
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Bales, Katie and Mayblin, Lucy (2018) Unfree labour in immigration detention : exploitation and coercion of a captive immigrant workforce. Economy and Society, 47 (2). pp. 191-213. doi:10.1080/03085147.2018.1484051 ISSN 0308-5147.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03085147.2018.1484051
Abstract
This paper focuses on labour within immigration detention in the United Kingdom, offering an original national case study as well as a new conceptual fra- mework for analysing such practices. It does so through an innovative engagement with recent literatures on forced labour, unfreedom and hyper-precarity, particu- larly amongst irregular migrants. We advance two key arguments in this paper. First, that the available data on labour within immigration detention indicate that detainees should legally be considered employees and granted access to labour protections, including the national minimum wage. Second, that work in immigration detention is an example of state-sanctioned exploitative, coercive and unfree labour amongst a hyper-precarious group of the population. This case has implications for other country contexts where immigration detention is used.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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Subjects: | K Law [Moys] > KF Common Law, British Isles > KF England and Wales H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology | ||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Political refugees -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain, Alien detention centers -- Employment -- Great Britain, Forced labor -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain | ||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Economy and Society | ||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
ISSN: | 0308-5147 | ||||||
Official Date: | 4 July 2018 | ||||||
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Volume: | 47 | ||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||
Page Range: | pp. 191-213 | ||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/03085147.2018.1484051 | ||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 September 2018 | ||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 September 2018 | ||||||
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