Illegal Migration and Gender in a Global and Historical Perspective

Titel: Illegal Migration and Gender in a Global and Historical Perspective [Elektronische Ressource]
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Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2008
Umfang: 196 p.
Format: E-Book
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Vorliegende Ausgabe: Online-Ausg.: [The Hague]: OAPEN, - Online-Ressource.
ISBN: 9789089640475
  • 1
  • Introduction: Illegal migration and gender in a global and historical perspective
  • p. 9
  • 1.1
  • Literature on migrant illegality
  • p. 9
  • 1.2
  • Illegality from a historical perspective
  • p. 12
  • 1.3
  • Illegality from a global perspective
  • p. 20
  • 1.4
  • Regional differences
  • p. 24
  • 1.5
  • Conclusion
  • p. 28
  • 2
  • Tracing back 'illegal aliens' in the Netherlands, 1850-1940
  • p. 39
  • 2.1
  • Entry regulations in the Netherlands
  • p. 43
  • 2.2
  • Not illegal but unwanted: Deportations after 1850
  • p. 45
  • 2.3
  • Jewish refugees: The first 'illegal' aliens
  • p. 49
  • 2.4
  • Conclusion
  • p. 51
  • 3
  • Policing foreign men and women: Gendered patterns of expulsion and migration control in Germany, 1880-1914
  • p. 57
  • 3.1
  • Forcing out the undesired: Expelling migrant men and women from the German Reich
  • p. 60
  • 3.2
  • Poles, Jews and Prussian wives: Migration control and the expulsions from Prussia
  • p. 66
  • 3.3
  • Dearest Emperor - Dearest Empress: Different patterns of protest
  • p. 71
  • 3.4
  • Conclusion
  • p. 76
  • 4
  • Gendered borders: The case of 'illegal' migration from Iraq, the Horn of Africa and the former Soviet Union to the Netherlands
  • p. 83
  • 4.1
  • Smuggling/trafficking
  • p. 84
  • 4.2
  • Methodology
  • p. 86
  • 4.3
  • Gendered aspects of 'illegal' migration
  • p. 89
  • 4.3.1
  • Step-by-step smuggling from Iraq
  • p. 89
  • 4.3.2
  • Layla
  • p. 90
  • 4.3.3
  • Women travelling on their own from the Horn of Africa
  • p. 93
  • 4.3.4
  • 'Tourists' from the former Soviet Union
  • p. 96
  • 4.3.5
  • 'Mail-order brides' from the former Soviet Union
  • p. 98
  • 4.3.6
  • Tamara
  • p. 98
  • 4.4
  • Conclusion
  • p. 100
  • 5
  • Old and new labour migration to Malaysia: From colonial times to the present
  • p. 105
  • 5.1
  • Exporting goods, importing labour
  • p. 107
  • 5.2
  • State-regulated migration
  • p. 110
  • 5.2.1
  • Labour circulation
  • p. 110
  • 5.2.2
  • Labour immobility
  • p. 112
  • 5.2.3
  • Powerless position
  • p. 113
  • 5.3
  • Managing the labour migrant system
  • p. 114
  • 5.4
  • Beyond state-regulated migration
  • p. 116
  • 5.5
  • Meanings of non-regulation
  • p. 119
  • 5.6
  • Conclusion
  • p. 122
  • 6
  • The romantic appeal of illegal migration: Gender, masculinity and human smuggling from Pakistan
  • p. 127
  • 6.1
  • Theoretical framework
  • p. 128
  • 6.2
  • Methodology
  • p. 130
  • 6.3
  • Who makes the decision to migrate?
  • p. 133
  • 6.4
  • The romantic appeal of illegal migration
  • p. 137
  • 6.5
  • Sexuality and youth cultures in communities of men
  • p. 141
  • 6.6
  • Conclusion
  • p. 146
  • 7
  • Migrant domestic workers in the Middle East
  • p. 151
  • 7.1
  • The feminisation of migration to the Middle East
  • p. 152
  • 7.2
  • Legal versus illegal migration?
  • p. 153
  • 7.3
  • The gendering of women's paid domestic work
  • p. 154
  • 7.4
  • Leaving the country of origin: Intentions, debates and policies
  • p. 155
  • 7.5
  • Travelling and entering the country of destination
  • p. 157
  • 7.5.1
  • Agencies
  • p. 157
  • 7.5.2
  • Friends and relatives
  • p. 159
  • 7.6
  • Employment and residency: Rights and duties
  • p. 160
  • 7.7
  • A trend towards freelancing
  • p. 162
  • 7.8
  • Leaving and going 'back home'
  • p. 164
  • 7.9
  • Conclusion
  • p. 165
  • 8
  • Illegal migration, gender and health care: Perspectives from Germany and the United States
  • p. 171
  • 8.1
  • Comparing illegal migration in Germany and the US
  • p. 173
  • 8.2
  • Gender, reproduction and the nation
  • p. 176
  • 8.3
  • Access to medical treatment: Policy situation
  • p. 177
  • 8.4
  • Pregnant and illegal
  • p. 180
  • 8.4.1
  • Gendered border crossings
  • p. 180
  • 8.4.2
  • Pregnant and seeking medical care
  • p. 181
  • 8.4.3
  • Protection from deportation
  • p. 182
  • 8.5
  • Conclusion
  • p. 185
  • About the authors
  • p. 189