Law and Rights in the Lives of Undocumented Migrant Women in the UK

摘要: The British state has introduced increasingly restrictive immigration legislation in recent years, as part of an effort to create a hostile environment for undocumented migrants. For instance, the 2014 and 2016 Immigration Acts further criminalise working without papers, renting property, driving migrant, addition restricting access health care. Restrictive not, however, managed deal with irregular migration, but increases breaches law. Instead lowering net immigration, these new restrictions simply limit rights, vulnerability among migrants, which is experienced differently by men women. Women official status mostly work live domestic sphere, can offer protection from state. However, migrant women often experience violence exploitative settings, are difficult challenge, due fear deportation lack support networks located public sphere. question arises how perceive learn about their rights while being confined private As little known lives UK, this thesis explores role that law play lives. I draw on interview data, participant observation migrants’ organisations, sample applications regularise based human law, order investigate relate it structures everyday lives, mechanisms they develop survival. analyse few existing claim stratified thus access. To need free legal representation, find community organisations crucial actualising rights.