Date: 27 October 2017, 9.30 – 17.00
Venue: Friends House, 173-177 Euston Road, London NW1 2BJ
Attendance is by invitation only
For the past four years, as part of Oxford University’s Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), we have conducted an ESRC-funded project on irregular migration and immigration enforcement in the UK. Our study looks specifically at in-country immigration law enforcement and its effects, impacts and limits, an aspect that has so far received very little academic attention.
These have been times of significant economic, political and legal upheaval which have brought new drivers to bear on this issue. Austerity and Brexit and institutional reorganisation and the so-called ‘hostile environment approach’ have become signifiers of the new conditions.
At this conference, we will present and discuss the emerging findings of our research but also seek advice on further analysis and dissemination. We will:
Finally, we will assess the British case in comparison to other European countries and with regards to the normative framework, critically explore some of the implications of the ‘hostile environment approach’ and discuss the meaning for the type of state that is emerging.
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COMPAS, School of Anthropology, University of Oxford, 58 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6QS
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