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The labour market experiences and strategies of young undocumented migrants

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The article draws on data from in-depth interviews and testimonies with 75 young undocumented migrants from Brazil, China, Kurds from Turkey, Ukraine and Zimbabwe living in England. The article provides a detailed qualitative understanding of the working lives and decision making of undocumented migrants, a group about which little is known. Sectors of employment and working conditions are explored alongside job-seeking strategies and the role of and use of social capital in job seeking. Variations in employment experiences between undocumented migrants, particularly in relation to work within or outside of the ethnic enclave, are evident from the data. Moreover, the role of narrow, usually co-ethnic and often undocumented, social networks in finding work and the intersections between job-seeking strategies and being undocumented is clear throughout the narratives.

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  • Alice Bloch, 2013. "The labour market experiences and strategies of young undocumented migrants," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 27(2), pages 272-287, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:27:y:2013:i:2:p:272-287
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    1. Lovanirina Ramboarison-Lalao & Chris Brewster, 2018. "Theorizing Career Success for Low Status Migrants," John H Dunning Centre for International Business Discussion Papers jhd-dp2018-02, Henley Business School, University of Reading.

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