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Shadow Places: Patterns of Spatial Concentration and Incorporation of Irregular Immigrants in the Netherlands

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  • Arjen Leerkes

    (Amsterdam Schoolfor Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Klovemiersburgwal 48, Amsterdam, 1012 CX, The Netherlands, a.s.leerkes@uva.nl)

  • Godfried Engbersen

    (Faculty of Social Sciences, Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, engbersen@fsw.eur.nl)

  • Marion van San

    (Rotterdam Institute for Social Policy Research (RISBO), Erasmus University Rotterdam, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands, vansan@risbo.eur.nl)

Abstract

In Western countries, irregular immigrants constitute a sizeable segment of the population. By combining quantitative and qualitative research methods, this article describes and explains irregular immigrants' patterns of spatial concentration and incorporation in the Netherlands. So far these spatial patterns have not been described and explained systematically, neither in the Netherlands nor elsewhere. The article shows that illegal residence is selectively embedded in the (urban) social structure in various ways. The authors argue that irregular immigrants are likely to be spatially concentrated and incorporated in similar ways in other Western countries; now and in the foreseeable future.

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  • Arjen Leerkes & Godfried Engbersen & Marion van San, 2007. "Shadow Places: Patterns of Spatial Concentration and Incorporation of Irregular Immigrants in the Netherlands," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 44(8), pages 1491-1516, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:44:y:2007:i:8:p:1491-1516
    DOI: 10.1080/00420980701373479
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    1. Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp & Masood Gheasi, 2018. "Fortunado’s, Desperado’s and Clandestino’s in Diaspora Labour Markets: The Circular ‘Homo Mobilis’," Advances in Spatial Science, in: Roger R. Stough & Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp & Uwe Blien (ed.), Modelling Aging and Migration Effects on Spatial Labor Markets, chapter 0, pages 31-50, Springer.
    2. Arjen Leerkes & James D. Bachmeier & Mark A. Leach, 2013. "When the Border Is “Everywhere”: State-level Variation in Migration Control and Changing Settlement Patterns of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population in the United States," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 47(4), pages 910-943, December.

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