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Migration control and narratives of steering

The dynamics of migration are incredibly complex, creating immense problems for governments attempting to steer immigration. These challenges are well elucidated in literature on societal steering, and especially Luhmann’s analysis of the impediments to steering by the political and legal systems. Politics and the law develop highly simplifying models of the dynamics they are seeking … Continue reading Migration control and narratives of steering

Chronicle of a Crisis Foretold: The politics of irregular migration, human trafficking and people smuggling in the UK

This article argues that a distinct repertoire of social and political contention associated with migration and the presence of immigrants in the UK plays a large part in structuring responses to ostensibly ‘new’ migration challenges such as people smuggling and human trafficking. This repertoire includes the elision and confusion of migration categories (particularly in this … Continue reading Chronicle of a Crisis Foretold: The politics of irregular migration, human trafficking and people smuggling in the UK

Opportunity from Crisis? Organisational responses to human trafficking in the UK

 This article analyses the effects on key organisations responsible for immigration control and law enforcement of the UK’s signing in March 2007 and ratification in December 2008 of the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings. It shows how opportunities for organisational change and innovation arose from the 2006 crisis in … Continue reading Opportunity from Crisis? Organisational responses to human trafficking in the UK