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No Recourse to Social Work? Statutory Neglect, Social Exclusion and Undocumented Migrant Families in the UK

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  • Andy Jolly

    (Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology, University of Birmingham, UK)

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Families in the UK with an irregular migration status are excluded from most mainstream welfare provision through the no recourse to public funds rule, and statutory children’s social work services are one of the few welfare services available to undocumented migrant families. This article draws on semi-structured interviews with undocumented migrant families who are accessing children’s services support to illustrate the sometimes uneasy relationship between child welfare law and immigration control. Outlining the legislative and policy context for social work with undocumented migrant families in the UK, the article argues that the exclusion of migrant families from the welfare state by government policy amounts to a form of statutory neglect which is incompatible with the global social work profession’s commitment to social justice and human rights.

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  • Andy Jolly, 2018. "No Recourse to Social Work? Statutory Neglect, Social Exclusion and Undocumented Migrant Families in the UK," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(3), pages 190-200.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v:6:y:2018:i:3:p:190-200
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    1. Ruiz-Casares, Mónica & Rousseau, Cécile & Derluyn, Ilse & Watters, Charles & Crépeau, François, 2010. "Right and access to healthcare for undocumented children: Addressing the gap between international conventions and disparate implementations in North America and Europe," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 70(2), pages 329-336, January.
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    1. Terry Wotherspoon, 2018. "Migration, Boundaries and Differentiated Citizenship: Contested Frameworks for Inclusion and Exclusion," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 6(3), pages 153-161.
    2. Julia Brannen & Rebecca O’Connell, 2022. "Experiences of food poverty among undocumented parents with children in three European countries: a multi-level research strategy," Palgrave Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 9(1), pages 1-9, December.

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