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Migration in Contemporary Britain
Davide Però and Elisabetta ZontiniIdentity, Citizenship and Migration Centre(University of Nottingham)
TCN meeting,
Marsala, 8-9 April 2010
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Introduction
• New Migrations in Britain
• Policy Context
• Political Rights
• Employment
• Best Practices
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New Migrations in Britain
• UK as a country of new immigrations and ‘superdiversity’ (Vertovec 2006)
Total in thousands
Work Related in thousands
Inflow 512 202
Outflow 395 209
Net +118 -7
Thousands %British 71 14
Foreign 440 84Total 512 100
Inflow by nationality, 2008Source: Metcalf, 2009.
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Policy Context
• 1960-2000: Multiculturalism
• 2000s: Neo-assimilationism and backlash against diversity
• Renewed hostility against migrants
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...Policy Context
• Government Policy increasingly unfavourable
• New naturalisation rules (Citizenship Test)
• ‘earned’ and ‘probationary’ citizenship
• Introduction of the Points Based System for migrant workers
• Raise in racist incidents (Council of Europe)
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Political rights
• No voting rights for migrants from non-Commonwealth countries
• No general election vote for EU citizens
• Migrants not politically passive
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Employment
• Most common reasons for non-EU migration = study and family
• Migrant workers = deskilling, exploitation and discrimination in the job market
• Higher unemployment rates and concentration in low paid ‘elementary jobs’
• Asylum seekers excluded from labour market destitution
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Best Practices
• Strangers into Citizens
• Justice for Cleaners
• Migrants Rights Networks
• Migrants’ Health Rights Campaign
• Cultural Politics