The Legal and Policy Infrastructure of Irregularity: United Kingdom

Stefano Piemontese; Nando Sigona

doi:10.5281/zenodo.10966184

The Legal and Policy Infrastructure of Irregularity: United Kingdom

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Abstract

This report examines the legal and policy infrastructures of irregular migration in the United Kingdom (UK). It investigates the intersection between immigration, labour and welfare regimes and how they contribute to the irregularisation of migrants and determine their living and working conditions.

Original language	English
Publisher	I-CLAIM
Number of pages	40
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10966184
Publication status	Published - Apr 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

Migration
irregular migration
undocumented migration
United Kingdom
Labour migration
Labour issues
Gig Economy
food delivery sector
Care work
Cleaning
Domestic work
hostile environment
assemblage theory
Brexit
immigration enforcement
immigration regime
immigration policy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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10.5281/zenodo.10966184Licence: Creative Commons: Attribution (CC BY)

Racial Logics of Irregular Migration in Europe: Policy, Perception, and Precarity
Piemontese, S., Sigona, N., Lessard-Phillips, L. & Achiri, E., 26 Feb 2026, I-CLAIM. 28 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access
File
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Irregularised migrants doing domestic work in the UK
Sigona, N., Piemontese, S., Soares Mendes, S. & Achi, A., 30 Jun 2025, I-CLAIM. 20 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access
Irregularised migrant workers in the UK food delivery sector
Sigona, N., Piemontese, S., Achi, A. & Soares Mendes, S., 30 Jun 2025, I-CLAIM. 21 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access
The narrative construction of migrant irregularity in the United Kingdom: Representation and narratives in media, politics, and civil society
Piemontese, S., 31 Mar 2025, I-CLAIM. 40 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access
30 Downloads (Pure)

I-CLAIM - Improving the living and labour conditions of irregularised migrant households in Europe
Sigona, N. (Principal Investigator)
UKRI Horizon Europe Underwriting Innovate UK
1/04/23 → 31/03/26
Project: Research

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Abstract

UN SDGs

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Access to Document

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Research output

Racial Logics of Irregular Migration in Europe: Policy, Perception, and Precarity

Irregularised migrants doing domestic work in the UK

Irregularised migrant workers in the UK food delivery sector

The narrative construction of migrant irregularity in the United Kingdom: Representation and narratives in media, politics, and civil society

Projects

I-CLAIM - Improving the living and labour conditions of irregularised migrant households in Europe

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